[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, would you all please rise
to honor the United States of America.
Here is Lilián Garcia
to sing our national anthem.
♪ Oh, say, can you see ♪
♪ By the dawn's early light ♪
♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪
♪ At the twilight's last gleaming? ♪
♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪
♪ Through the perilous fight ♪
♪ O'er the ramparts we watched ♪
♪ Were so gallantly streaming? ♪
♪ And the rockets' red glare ♪
♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪
♪ Gave proof through the night ♪
♪ That our flag was still there ♪
♪ O say, does that star-spangled banner ♪
♪ Yet wave ♪
♪ O'er the land of the free ♪
♪ And the home ♪
♪ Of the brave ♪
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[Ross] You're damn right.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[suspenseful music playing]
[narrator] For behold, the day is upon us.
Soon the sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon into blood.
Neither your silver nor your gold will be able
to deliver you from the destruction.
[Kane] There is nothing that can stop me!
[narrator] For the final battle will be fought.
No souls shall be safe.
[Goldberg] I will beat your ass to death.
[narrator] And all of the Earth will be devoured
in the fire of his jealousy.
[Triple H] You're Goldberg and I'm sick of it.
[narrator] As his fierce anger will not turn back
until he has accomplished the intent of his heart.
[Eric] It's going to be a Triple Threat match
for the World Heavyweight title.
[narrator] The day of reckoning is upon us.
The heavens will shake,
and the Earth shall be laid bare.
-The great day of Armageddon has come. -[tense music playing]
[narrator] And now Raw presents WWE Armageddon.
[fireworks exploding]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, and happy holidays,
to the final WWE extravaganza of 2003
presented by Raw.
This is Armageddon.
I'm Jim Ross alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And ladies and gentlemen, I just don't believe
we're in for one hellacious ride tonight, King.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
Are you ready for it, J.R.? Fasten your seatbelt.
It's gonna get hot in here.
["MacMilitant" playing]
-[crowd booing] -[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, being accompanied by Theodore Long,
weighing in at 385 pounds,
"The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry!
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
this is not a marketing craze for Mark Henry.
He is legitimately the World's Strongest Man.
A prodigy of strength since he was a young child
doing feats of strength that bewildered adults,
385, an athletic 385,
an intense 385.
And-- Well, to show you how intense this man is,
let's take you back to the Survivor Series and show you how he--
well, how he eliminated, King, Booker T, one of the all-time greats.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. Look at that, there you see it,
the world's strongest slam.
That will eliminate anybody, J.R.,
and it did a number, like you said, on Booker T that night.
[Ross] But-- And then three weeks later, in a Salt Lake City street fight,
it was Booker T and Mark Henry again,
as this rivalry continues to escalate.
[Jerry] Man, when the World's Strongest Man hits you
with a metal object…
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] …you can't get up.
[Ross] And then it escalated one more level,
as Mark Henry assaulting Booker T
when Stacy retuned the legaroonie.
And look at this again,
Mark Henry going back to what brought him to the dance.
His dance what brung him, as his illustration goes, his power.
[Jerry] But as the old saying goes, "You can't keep a good man down."
And Booker T even-- even trying to withstand
this huge, this humongous bear hug
from Mark Henry.
This rivalry between these two is just unbelievable, J.R.
-["Can You Dig It, Sucka?" playing] -♪ Can you dig it, sucka? ♪
[Jerry] I can dig it.
[Lilián] And from Houston, Texas,
weighing in at 256 pounds,
Booker T!
[Ross] Indeed, one of the most popular competitors on Raw
is this man from Houston.
-[fireworks exploding] -[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] But can Booker T negate the inhuman strength
of Mark Henry, King?
[Jerry] All these explosives and all this fire, it is Armageddon, J.R.
[Ross] It's hotter than hell from where we are located here, ladies and gentlemen.
It's gonna be hotter than hell throughout this event.
Booker T getting this crowd-- He's getting tuned in.
He's connecting with this audience.
Now, I think that Booker T is gonna need everything
that he can muster from this huge crowd
to offset that man, Mark Henry.
[Jerry] Well, don't forget the wildcard in the deck.
Nobody-- Theodore Long at ringside. Theodore Long is a man that is--
-he's infused this attitude… -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] …this mean streak, if you will, into Mark Henry.
[Ross] And Booker T not wasting any time being the aggressor here in this matchup.
But just keep this in mind,
the longer Mark Henry can remain vertical,
the more dangerous it will be for Booker T.
[Jerry] He may be the strongest-- the World's Strongest Man,
but Mark Henry better get his hands up.
I was gonna say or you'll get knocked out, but this guy is unbelievable, J.R.
[Ross] One big shot by Mark Henry, 385.
And you talk about manhandling-- turning Booker T--
-[Teddy] Finish him! -[Jerry] Look at him.
[Ross] Right in midair, just like he was a small cruiserweight.
[Jerry] It's hard to hurt Mark Henry.
It would take a lot to put that man down.
[Ross] I mean, is a-- everybody geared up, I mean…
[crowd chanting] Booker T! Booker T!
[Ross] …every person on this event? No doubt.
-[Jerry] Oh no, look at this. -[Ross] Good Lord!
They have in their hearts to leave 2003 on pay-per-view with a victory,
with a big way to kick off 2004.
And Booker T trying to regroup.
[Jerry] Well, lucky us. Is he trying to regroup?
Is he after Theodore Long-- Oh no!
[Ross] Or maybe Booker T's got to do something
to the more inexperienced Mark Henry, as he again manhandles,
and again Mark Henry remains vertical.
He's more dangerous than perhaps anybody
in the WWE because of his strength.
[Jerry] Yeah. And I'm gonna tell you something about Mark Henry.
You know, we thought that maybe Booker T would sucker Mark Henry.
I think it's the other way around. Look, this guy's got the brawn.
Don't think he doesn't have the brains to go with it.
[Ross] Booker T going downstairs,
and Mark Henry's face bouncing off the ring apron.
-Booker has a chance here. -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
…with a crossbody over the top, Booker T.
You don't see that too often from Booker T such,
it would appear, a sense of urgency
-that Booker T must think is key. -[Jerry] That's right.
Booker T is no small guy himself. And that was enough.
Booker T's weight coming all the way over the top rope,
and that would take the World's Strongest Man down.
-Now what? -[Ross] And Booker T again up on the top.
[Jerry] He is throwing caution to the wind. Look out.
[Ross] And Booker T, a missile dropkick,
and down goes Mark Henry for the first time in the matchup.
Booker's got the cover and got a near fall,
and Mark Henry still too strong, still too powerful.
[Jerry] Well, that's just not gonna be enough.
[Teddy] Hey. Hey.
[Jerry] Now, look at Theodore Long. What's he doing, J.R.?
[Ross] Theodore Long causing a distraction there. I guess--
-[Jerry] It worked. -[Ross] Yes, it did.
And Mark Henry again, look at that-- look at that face.
Look at the face of that.
I mean, that tells the whole story.
We can't describe his mood or his--
[Jerry] Don't mind the face, J.R.
Look at his body. Look at the strength, the power.
[Ross] Look out, backbreaker.
Mark Henry with a backbreaker on Booker T.
He's had a history of lower back problems--
[crowd chanting] Booker T! Booker T!
[Ross] That takes a lot of energy out of a man,
a lot of strength to have to kick out of a 385-pounder on the chest.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this now.
Mark Henry's knee is buried in the small of the back of Booker T.
And now he's just gonna try to bend him like a pretzel.
There comes the bending part
where your lower spine will just break, J.R.
[Ross] Yeah. A modified version of the Bow and Arrow hold,
a submission maneuver, and Mark Henry…
[Teddy] You got it, Mark. You got it.
[Ross] …as he gets more experience,
he's gonna become more adept at more submission moves
using that raw strength that-- his God-given strength.
[Chad] What do you say?
[Jerry] I think he'd almost make me submit just shaking hands with him.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Booker T is fired up to fight through this.
[Jerry] Look at that face. He's scary looking.
When it comes to being scary looking, he's definitely an overachiever.
[Ross] He's intense and ill-tempered, is that big Texan.
Lower back hold right now.
Mark is a very confident--
That proves Mark Henry is still very confident.
Booker T--
I have to say that Booker T,
because of the past history between these two,
going into this matchup perhaps,
correct me if I'm wrong, is a slight underdog.
[Chad] One, two…
[Jerry] Oh, I don't-- I don't even know. You may be wrong when you said slight.
I mean, I don't-- I don't know if anybody that wouldn't be an underdog
when you're in the ring against Mark Henry,
"The World's Strongest Man." Look out.
-Oh my God. -[Ross] Good grief.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] Devastating.
That's almost a 400-pound man coming down with all his weight.
And Booker T, he may-- Booker T can barely get--
Mark Henry pulled Booker T up.
Booker T may still be out there on the outside.
And now Mark Henry, the cover here may be academic.
-This one may be over. -[Chad] One, two.
-[Ross] Booker and a count of-- -[Jerry] Did he get him?
[Ross] Booker T refusing to stay down.
And Mark Henry getting a little frustrated here.
Theodore Long encouraging referee Chad Patton to count faster.
And now look at that arm-- Look at the size of this man's arm.
[Jerry] Well, J.R., all you talk about Mark Henry's size
-and his strength, but come on… -[crowd chanting] Booker T!
[Jerry] …give the man props for that.
That was a quite an athletic move he just pulled out there.
-[Ross] Absolutely. -[Jerry] In the ropes,
going through there, but like you said, 400 pounds of his weight on Booker T
going through the ropes and landed right-- gracefully on his feet outside.
[Ross] Again, we welcome you to Armageddon,
the fourth edition of Armageddon, an event that began in 1999.
As a matter of fact, here in the State of Florida
as Mark Henry-- Look at the face of that guy.
[Jerry] What a historic day for Armageddon.
Some careers could come to an end.
This could-- This Armageddon, that's what it means,
it's the end of things,
just like it was the end today for Saddam Hussein.
What a great day this is, J.R.
[Ross] No doubt about that.
And we congratulate our troops in Iraq…
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] …for a job well done as usual.
And Booker T finally back up now,
trying to gain some momentum here,
trying to create some separation, if nothing else.
And Mark Henry, this weight and this strength.
And I think the only way that Booker is gonna get away
from Mark Henry's strength is to get Mark Henry off his feet,
and this is not the-- this is not the game plan
-that Booker T wants to use. -[Jerry] No.
I don't think Booker T was expecting that bear hug
when he came off the ropes, you know. He just--
When you get thrown into the ropes by somebody as strong as Mark Henry,
you don't know what's gonna happen next, but you gotta try to anticipate,
try to come up with some kind of counter.
When he catches you in that bear hug, that's bad news.
[Ross] King, in your-- in your long career,
have you ever been in the ring with anybody that resembles
or has strength resembling that of Mark Henry ever?
[Jerry] Well, I was in the ring with André the Giant,
and I guess he would come, you know, the closest to having that strength.
[Ross] It's amazing, Booker T is somehow just trying to fight through this.
Booker T's body is gonna be racked with pain.
And Booker T hit Mark Henry's nose.
Booker's hand in the face,
and Mark Henry will not unlock those hands.
[crowd] Ooh.
[Ross] Oh, right shots to the face, and now Booker T coming--
[Jerry] Oh, man.
It's a-- You know, right now--
I mean, it's fun to watch for me because I'm not in there.
-But it's just amazing. Look at this. -[Ross] Look out here.
Oh, Mark Henry leaving his feet on his own volition.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross] And that cost him.
We'll see if Booker T can capitalize here.
Booker T has got to--
Either Mark Henry has got to make a huge mistake
or Booker T has got to do some mat wrestling.
Well, Mark Henry is back up, and he's back up, as we said.
[Jerry] Mark Henry, he made a mistake.
I don't know if it's gonna turn out to be huge or not,
but if I were-- if I were Booker T, I'd go after Mark Henry's legs.
[Jerry speaking indistinctly]
-Here we go. -[Ross] Whoa.
Booker T with a Scissors Kick right to the face
and maybe got Mark Henry in the-- in the chest.
And that heel kick caught Mark Henry in the-- in the side of the head.
Henry is a little dazed here.
[Jerry] And he's rocked and he's reeling. Oh, he's got-- Oh.
[Ross] Henry trying to fight back, and that one punch
set him free of Booker T.
[Jerry] It's just that-- that big clubbing fist,
it's like the size of a ham.
-[Ross] Henry going for that clothesline-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …and Booker T got to out-quick Mark Henry now.
-Mark Henry a little-- a little addled. -[Jerry] Yes, he is.
[Ross] Chop block Mark Henry and-- Look out for Booker T!
Booker T may have it, with a Scissors Kick by Booker T.
He may have it here.
-[crowd] One, two. -[Ross] Could it be?
Oh! Not this time.
[Jerry] Well, I'm telling you, that's impressive, J.R.
That would have been the time,
normally, we would've seen the big Spinaroonie from Booker T.
But he knows he's gonna have to capitalize on any chance
that he has to get Mark Henry off his feet. Look out.
-[Ross] Look at this. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] And a spinebuster slam by Mark Henry.
[Teddy] Come on, Henry. Come on.
[Ross] And a valiant effort by Booker, but it's gonna be over here.
And-- Oh, no, it's not.
[Jerry] Whoa.
I'm telling you, Mark Henry-- What was that word you used?
-Is it "addled"? -That was two.
-[Ross] Addled. -[Jerry] He's addled, all right.
He's like a moped engine running a Mack truck body right now.
[Ross] Booker T trying to-- I'll tell you now what he--
For his fans out there, he never gives up.
Booker T-- But this is just a freak of nature, this Mark Henry.
Another clothesline and then a knockdown.
-[Teddy] Come on. -[Ross] Look at the size of those legs.
[Jerry] It's like another car crash.
Oh no. Oh, that's it.
[Ross] The leg drop, forget it, ladies and gentlemen.
[Jerry] Henry hit that one.
-One… -[Ross] Right across the face of Booker T.
[Chad] …two.
[Ross] Booker T just--
[Jerry] Look at Mark Henry. What is it gonna take?
He's starting to get frustrated.
[Ross] That's the inexperience talking right there.
[Jerry] Well, I'm gonna tell you something,
Teddy Long better-- he better--
he better rein Mark Henry in here, keep him focused.
[Ross] Yes.
[Jerry] This could be-- What's this?
[Ross] Oh, man.
Mark Henry, I thought, was gonna go for a…
[Chad] One, two.
[Jerry] Oh. I thought he was going for a powerbomb.
It's almost a combination of both.
[Ross] I'm pretty sure Mark Henry knew what he wanted to do
when he got him up there. Again, could be a mistake, the inexperience.
[Jerry] Well, I do. Yeah, I think he knew what he was gonna do.
He just dropped him.
He didn't care how he landed. Look at this.
[Ross] Booker T now going back downstairs.
-and Booker T with a second Scissors Kick! -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] A second Scissors Kick by Booker T!
[Jerry] Nobody gets up from two Scissors Kicks, do they?
[Ross] Booker T now on--
Can he do it? Yes.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Amazing.
["Can You Dig It, Sucka?" playing]
[Lilián] Here is your winner, Booker T!
[Ross] Well, Booker T held on.
He kept fighting.
He refused to stay down, refused to die.
And with a great American fighting spirit,
just like our troops displayed in Iraq,
Booker T comes away with a hard-- and I mean, hard-fought victory.
[Jerry] Well, it's just like you say, in any sport,
you let your competition hang around and hang around,
and eventually, something bad is gonna happen,
and that man is something bad.
The big Scissors Kick happened to Mark Henry.
I think Mark Henry just basically ran out of gas.
He beat on poor Booker T so long that he just-- he was spent.
[Ross] I'll tell you what,
I'm proud of Booker T's effort, very proud.
A great victory here for Booker T.
[Jerry] Well, you're not as proud as Booker T is right now.
He's one happy man. We can dig it.
Damn!
That is not how I wanted to start off Armageddon.
[crowd cheering]
But you two, I know I can count on you two.
Tonight in Eric Bischoff's Battle of the Sexes,
you're gonna get it done.
Listen, like, I wanted to come talk to you about this Battle of the Sexes.
Actually, Eric, we just wanted to say thank you.
I'm talking.
Thank you for making this Battle of the Sexes
against Lita and Trish tonight 'cause you saw last week,
they embarrassed us on Raw when they didn't accept our flowers.
They cost us the tag team titles.
We had them-- We had them won.
So, I was about to win the bet.
I was about to win one shiny Canadian dollar.
But the really big picture here is,
Lita embarrassed me in front of all of my peeps.
-Well, you-- -She embarrassed me.
You know how I feel about Lita.
The only reason she's still here is
so you two can embarrass her any way you see fit.
So have a good time out there.
Listen, I still wanna tell you what I think about this battle of the--
-Hey. -[crashing]
-Did you-- What is that? -["Wreck" playing]
I don't know, but I wanna talk about the battle--
Wait a minute, that's Foley's entrance music.
What the hell is that doing on?
[Ross] There he is, ladies and gentlemen.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The co-general manager of Raw.
He's a hardcore legend, King.
It's Mick Foley.
He's got a busy night, but, man, what a momentous night, here for holidays.
Mick Foley's favorite time of the year, and why not,
he's co-general manager of the last pay-per-view extravaganza
of 2003.
[Jerry] I think he's got a big surprise for us like-- more like last week.
What about last week on Raw when Mick Foley showed up.
Then The Rock came out of nowhere to hang out with Mick Foley.
[Ross] It's The Rock 'n' Sock Connection, quite the reunion.
[Jerry] No, no, no, no, no. The Sock 'n' Rock Connection.
At least that's what Foley told me to say.
Thank you.
[crowd chanting] Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley!
Thank you. Now, usually,
I watch the WWE pay-per-views at my buddy Chris's house
in Seaford, New York.
-[Jerry] Oh, Seaford. -But I'm not in Seaford, New York.
Tonight, I'm right here in Orlando, Florida.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] There we go.
A cheap pop again.
Where I will bring to you
my first pay-per-view as co-manager of Raw.
[crowd cheering]
And I have every reason to believe
it's going to be a tremendous show,
but the reason I walked out here today is
to bring all of you some really, really good news.
[Jerry] Oh boy.
[crowd cheering]
[Mick] You see…
the petition to bring back "Stone Cold" Steve Austin…
[Jerry] Hey.
[crowd cheering]
…now has one million signatures.
-[Jerry] Wow! A million? -[Ross] It's awesome.
And I think that shows everybody,
including the board of directors of WWE,
just how badly we want Stone Cold back on Raw.
[Ross] And we ask that every day, when's Stone Cold coming back?
And I think you'll agree with me
that that news is cause for a celebration.
And I wonder--
-I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder… -[Jerry] Oh boy.
…if there happens to be anybody backstage
who might be able to join me in a small celebration.
-I-- I wonder. -[Ross] Uh-oh.
[Jerry] Who is it? The Rock?
["Legs" playing]
♪ She's got legs ♪
[Ross] Well that's someone that you'd like to celebrate with.
[Jerry] We're celebrating. Celebrate.
Dance with the music, J.R.
♪ She never begs ♪
[Ross] Stacy Keibler.
[Jerry] Mick Foley is doing a great job as co-GM, and he-- Uh-oh.
♪ She's got a dime ♪
[Ross] Forty-one and a half inches long.
♪ All of the time ♪
[Jerry] Look at this. That cheerleader outfit, J.R.
[Ross] Oh boy.
[Jerry] Oh, whoa! Look at that! You can-- Were those pink?
[Ross] Yeah.
[Jerry speaking indistinctly]
I could watch this all night.
-This is great! -♪ So I got to have her ♪
[Jerry] Forget co-GM, Mick Foley for president. Yes!
Look at this! [whoops]
[Ross] That was a cheeky cartwheel.
[Jerry] I'm thinking that Mick could be my president.
Don't you just love cartwheels, J.R.?
[Ross] Oh, wait minute. She's encouraging him now.
[Jerry] No, no, not Mick-- Oh.
[crowd cheering]
♪ She's kinda jet set ♪
[Jerry] Oh, yes. Look at that.
[Ross] Great celebration.
[Jerry] I love Armageddon, I love Mick Foley, and I love Stacy.
["Line in the Sand" playing]
[Ross] This is certainly a buzzkill for the celebration here.
Randy Orton and Ric Flair.
The celebration could've gone on for, like, 40 or 50 more minutes.
♪ Evolution is a mystery ♪
[Jerry] What do these guys want anyway?
[Ross] We know that Randy Orton is competing later here tonight.
Not now, not now.
[Jerry] He doesn't look like he's coming out here
to join the celebration, do you think?
[Ross] I'm never gonna see him a part of this.
♪ Don't agree with what I know ♪
♪ Tomorrow, got no place to be ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Look out, Mick.
[Ross] What's this all about?
♪ I see the line… ♪
[crowd cheering]
Mick.
Mick, Mick, Mick.
Hey, buddy, I just wanna say
that's one hell of a cartwheel you got there, okay?
One hell of a cartwheel. I hope you didn't pull anything
because you're gonna need that hand later tonight
when you count the one, two, three in my victory over RVD.
[crowd chanting] You suck! You suck!
[Jerry] Right, Foley's the special referee in that match.
But what I'm really out here to talk about, Mick,
is the fact that the party is over.
You see Stone Cold is gone, and he's gone for good
because I won that match at Survivor Series.
[crowd jeering]
[Ross] That's fair enough.
Mick, your stupid petition is done. It's over.
You see, it is time for Randy Orton to collect
what he came here to collect,
and Mick Foley, that is the Intercontinental Championship.
[crowd jeering]
Well, Randy,
it certainly appears as if you want a go.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What is Foley doing-- Oh, what is this gonna be?
[Ross] Oh, look.
-[Jerry] There's that, uh-- -So, if you want it so bad,
I don't see any damn reason
why we can't have that match right now.
-[Ross] Right now? -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] I don't think that's what Orton had in mind.
RVD, if you're back there, we're waiting on you.
Showtime.
[Jerry] Showtime? Look at this.
[Ross] Orton came out here to confront Foley, but--
[Jerry] Look at that, look at--
This is not scheduled.
["One Of A Kind" playing]
[Jerry] I think it's gonna happen right now, don't you, J.R.?
[Ross] Absolutely.
Let's get it on.
[Ross] Rob Van Dam, the Intercontinental Champion,
who won the title on September 29th,
about to defend it here against--
Well, this happened last month,
and I know Randy Orton--
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Ross] Randy Orton has been obsessed with winning his championship.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
Rob Van Dam was about to deliver that Five-Star Frog Splash.
Instead, Randy Orton--
I mean, that move could've ended Rob Van Dam's career right there.
[Ross] The RKO from the top rope.
And then look at the look on Randy Orton's face.
He looked at that belt like he looked through a mirror,
with amazing grace.
[Jerry] I think that's the moment right there.
That's the moment that Randy Orton realized
how bad he wanted to be the Intercontinental Champion.
[Ross] Well, we'll find out how badly he wants it here
because the time has come for RVD.
And we know RVD is always ready to defend the Intercontinental Championship.
He has been a fighting champion.
[Jerry] I don't know if it was a wise move for Randy Orton to come out here
and antagonize the referee, Mick Foley, in this match.
I think I'd want the referee in my corner, so to speak,
wouldn't you, in a match like this?
[Ross] At least he'll it him down the middle,
and you certainly don't want to prejudice the officiating.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Look at that ridiculous referee's shirt that Mick Foley's wearing.
I think-- I think one of his kids made it for him, you think?
[Ross] Yeah.
[Jerry] Is he wearing it because he lost a football bet or something?
[Ross] It's official nonetheless. He is the official referee here.
The belt's going right around my waist, you son of a bitch.
[crowd chattering]
[crowd chanting] Rob Van Dam!
-[Ross] He's got a unique style. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] And so does Rob Van Dam.
Russian leg sweep by Van Dam.
Van Dam looking to gain the early advantage here.
Orton's kind of like--
It seems like he's a little off his game right now.
He-- I don't think he was--
[Jerry] Well, he wasn't ready for this match. I mean, let's face it.
He came out here just to put Mick Foley in his place, but--
He'll get in when he wants to get in.
[Jerry] …Intercontinental Championship.
[Ross] And now Ric Flair "The Dirtiest Player in the Game"
certainly, uh, would be coaching.
[Jerry] And I'll bet Flair didn't get his opportunity
to give Randy Orton his official pep talk before this match.
[Ross] Well, maybe not.
Randy Orton has always been talking about it.
He's been fixated on winning the Intercontinental Championship.
So he should be ready.
I know RVD is ready.
And look at Mick Foley…
the most uniquely attired official we've ever seen.
Side headlock now by Randy Orton,
a third generation superstar here in the WWE.
He's a young stud from here on Raw,
and RVD, nice chain wrestling move, going behind, as Randy Orton--
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] And Van Dam now, with a headscissor,
gets countered very quickly by-- Van Dam, but not for long,
as RVD regains the advantage.
Orton can't connect, neither can Van Dam,
and both men in excellent fighting position.
[Jerry] This is gonna be good, J.R.
I could tell right now.
These two young studs, this is gonna be great.
[Ross] RKO versus the Five-Star Frog Splash.
A third-generation star versus perhaps the most unorthodox superstar in the WWE.
[crowd chanting] RVD!
[Jerry] Randy Orton is taking a little exception to this champ. Don't you think?
[Ross] Well, he is.
But what will the Flair factor be?
[Jerry] Well, I would think that Mick Foley would be able
to nullify the Flair factor somewhat tonight, don't you think?
[Ross] I think that's Mick's-- his mission
to call it down the line and make sure that that man, Ric Flair,
doesn't create any unfair advantages for the challenger.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
I don't know-- I don't know why Flair is smiling up to this point
because so far, Rob Van Dam is--
well, it looks like he's been in control of this match.
[Ross] Irish whip, far side, and Van Dam, he's rolling--
almost drawing Randy Orton into the-- into the corner.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Van Dam leaping to the top.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] And Van Dam with a crossbody.
Van Dam may do it here,
and Mick Foley got a great look
and got a nice deliberate two-count but not three.
[Jerry] He hit the head in the process there.
[Ross] I think that's happened before to Mick in his career, hit in the head.
[Jerry] A time or two.
-[Ross] A few. A few hundred. -[Jerry] Watch it.
[Ross] And Orton, here's athletic ability and agility,
landing still in the apron.
[Jerry] Whoa. Look at that.
[Ross] The educated feet,
the valedictorian and salutatorian.
[Jerry] What a high kick. I mean…
[Ross] He's about six-four.
[Jerry and Ross speaking indistinctly]
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] Oh no, look out!
[Ross] Well, Van Dam, that cannonball right over the top rope…
[Jerry] You cannot take your eyes off Rob Van Dam for one second.
He'll come at you from anywhere.
[Ross] You know, sometimes Van Dam takes such huge risks.
[Jerry] Well, you know what? You almost said he's stupid, right?
-You think he's some kind of stupid? -[Ross] No, I didn't say stupid at all.
I mean, the risks he takes,
risking his own life and limbs, his career--
[Jerry] Okay. Let me think. Let me think. Maybe-- What about unnecessarily--
[Ross] That could be it.
Van Dam, nice leg drop over the top.
This could be it here. And Orton kicks out.
-[Ric] Randy, up! -[Ross] Mick Foley, a man in his position…
You know, I'm a man with a nice haircut…
[speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] You like his position? I like it. I like Mick's hair.
I like the way it comes out of his nostrils. Look at that.
Oh.
[Ross] Nothing there this time for Randy Orton.
Van Dam again getting right-- Oh!
-[Jerry] Oh no! What? -[Ross] Oh, Randy-- Oh.
Orton crashing and burning.
You find yourself on the top rope.
-[Jerry] See, I think that's unnecessary. -[Ross] And--
[Jerry] I think that was unnecessary.
[Ross] Well, obviously, the result was-- would indicate it was unnecessary.
Van Dam leaping to the top rope to take a high-risk maneuver.
[Mick] I don't wanna have to stop this, but I will.
[Jerry] Rob Van Dam teeth marks in this-- in that, uh, guardrail out there.
Watch this. Look at this, face-first.
[Ross] Man.
I don't like the landing. That'll hurt you.
Now, Orton will take advantage here. That's a smart move.
That's that teaching of Ric Flair. Van Dam not able to get up,
and Van Dam has to be in the ring for Orton to win the championship.
Orton knows that. And--
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Falling right up on that-- on that sharp security rail.
[Jerry] That was a picture-perfect dropkick.
[Ross] And these men don't wanna be counted out.
Orton doesn't wanna get counted out. RVD, of course, can retain the title…
[Jerry] Can we see that-- Can we see that standing dropkick one more time?
Watch this-- Oh!
[Ross] Oh my God! The cover and Van Dam kicks out,
goes to his gut, which is a smart move,
perhaps done instinctively by Van Dam.
Because I gotta think his bell has been rung.
Orton now, what's he gonna do here?
High risk right to that head, another concussed fall.
Cover by Orton, and Van Dam barely got his right shoulder up,
and another near fall here.
Randy Orton's gotta maintain the pressure here on Rob Van Dam.
And Van Dam, we can see he's in a-- he's in a bad, bad way here.
Two-- You gotta break on five.
Three, four. Break it. Break it. Break it.
[Ross] And Mick Foley saying "You gotta break it."
Five is a disqualification.
[Jerry] I realized that Mick Foley gotta--
he's gotta-- he's gotta keep his eye on Ric Flair too.
[Ross] Certainly, Flair doesn't want, uh, RV-- or Randy Orton to be disqualified.
Orton doesn't wanna be disqualified.
-But he's taking advantage of the rules. -…two, three, four--
One more it's gonna be five. Five, come on.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Mick Foley using a little bit of discretion there,
but quite frankly, he could've-- he could've got to five there, I think.
And Flair is beside himself.
-[Jerry] And Flair… -Don't you do it!
No, you don't understand!
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Mick Foley not gonna be intimidated by Ric Flair,
but meanwhile, back at the ring,
the challenger for the Intercontinental Championship,
Randy Orton, continues to maintain the offensive pressure
on the Intercontinental Champion, Rob Van Dam.
[Jerry] Randy Orton wouldn't break that hold,
and Foley took matters into his own hands, literally.
But before he was walking real light about…
[speaking indistinctly]
-[Ross] Absolutely. -[Jerry] Had his coat off and everything.
[Ross] And great velocity there on that Irish whip by Randy Orton.
Van Dam, lower back now maybe knotting up on him,
but again those hard, concussive blows to the head, and now following up there.
It's a very sound strategy by this very young challenger.
[crowd chanting] RVD! RVD!
[Jerry] I don't know if it's necessarily arrogance
or maybe just-- maybe just pure confidence, J.R.
I mean, so far, he's backed up everything he said.
[Ross] Orton looking to win his first-ever WWE title.
Van Dam got the crossbody, couldn't hook a leg and--
Oh, again another hard blow to the head and face by Rob Van Dam--
on Rob Van Dam by Randy Orton.
[Jerry] That was amazing, the impact that Van Dam hit Orton with.
And then Orton up before you know it and just blasted him. Poor Rob.
[Ross] Van Dam, a five-time Intercontinental Champion.
Let me tell you.
[Jerry] That nearly leveled Rob Van Dam for a second, get him out of there.
Van Dam's in a bad shape.
[Ross] Beautiful European uppercut forearm by Randy Orton.
His grandfather was a tough man, Bob Orton Sr.'s dad.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton, one of the greats of all time.
And this kid is-- The acorn has not fallen far from the proverbial tree.
Right now, the challenger looking to win the title here,
and again, Van Dam,
much like we saw Booker T earlier,
Van Dam has got a great contingent spirit.
[Jerry] You know what I think?
I think I noticed that Foley was a little bit out of position
on that-- on that count.
He should've been there a little quicker.
That match could've been won right now.
[Ross] Rob has got great peripheral vision.
[Jerry] Peripheral vision?
[Ross] Can tell if I can really say it.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Randy Orton grounding Rob Van Dam.
That's not a bad strategy either.
You know, the Intercontinental Championship has been
somewhat of a jinx coming in here to Armageddon
because no Intercontinental Champion
has ever retained this title at this event.
And right now, it doesn't look that Van Dam may retain either.
Orton may be wasting some valuable time here.
-[Ric] Yes, Randy. -[Jerry] Yeah, you are looking good.
[Ross] Do you see a mirror?
[Jerry] As Flair would say, "He's stylin'…"
-[Ross] Look at this-- Oh, a cover. Whoa. -[Jerry] "…profilin', and winnin'."
[Ross] Well, that was-- that was just pure arrogance right there, King,
because a tight hook up there of the leg and a-- and a--
and a lateral press may have won Randy Orton the Intercontinental title.
[Jerry] Well, Randy Orton sometimes is a--
-He may have some unnecessary arrogance. -[Ross] Watch it right here.
This could do it right here. He's got three-- No.
And Van Dam arching that back,
again rolling to his gut as quickly as he can.
But again, it is Randy Orton working on that neck and head of Rob Van Dam.
[Jerry] Well, that's some-- that's a good strategy.
Randy Orton-- Look at Randy Orton.
It not only gives him a chance basically to catch a breather,
it wears Rob Van Dam down
and also gives Randy Orton a chance to pretty much just look good.
[Ross] Oh, look at RVD's head. He's pulling that ear. Look at this.
And the referee turning right there,
Van Dam is trying to get his fans involved
to make sure this is not a choke.
I don't think it is.
I think he'd be a little bit-- hidden there a little bit
basically with that forearm, as Van Dam fights back up.
He's got back up to a vertical base,
and Orton just shuts Van Dam off very quickly here and--
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] Van Dam with a roll-up.
Mick Foley down, and got a near fall.
Van Dam almost out on his feet.
He's going on instincts here.
A slam by Van Dam and Van Dam, split-legged moonsault.
The split-legged moonsault. Oh.
Oh, and Randy Orton kicked out.
Split-legged moonsault found its mark,
but there's a gut wrench into the overhead…
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] …backbreaker. And…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Good grief.
Another concussive move toward the back of the head.
That could be it. It should be.
-No, it's not. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Van Dam, what great resilience.
[Jerry] I-- You know what? I'm actually shocked and amazed,
but Foley is doing--
he's doing a pretty good job in this match, ain't he?
He was actually-- He's actually being fair,
even though he was provoked before the match started.
[Ross] Well, I don't think Mick Foley is gonna allow someone
like Randy Orton to make him compromise his integrity, his character.
-[Mick] What do you say, Rob? -[Jerry] Foley's got character?
-[Ross] A ton of it. -[Jerry] I know he is a character.
[Mick] What do you say, Rob?
[Ross] Some of the advice that Ric Flair has given Randy Orton,
what kind of game plan.
This is Flair's game plan, Orton's executing it.
[Jerry] Obviously, what he told Orton was wear Rob Van Dam down.
At least that's what it appears.
But I honestly think,
I have to believe that Foley started this match impromptu
the way he did before the-- you know, before it was scheduled.
I think that may have some effect on what Flair would've told Orton
if the match should take place later.
[Ross] But the other thing, too, is that Orton had perfected his move,
the RKO.
His focus is on the neck and the head.
You gotta-- You can't forget that and to think about it
because that's what Orton has been focusing on
basically this entire matchup.
[Jerry] He's just looking for an opportunity.
He's looking for a point, if he can hit that RKO.
I think that's his bread and butter. And quite frankly, it is.
[Ross] You identify the body parts you're gonna focus on.
You exploit it, and hopefully it'll get you the victory.
Especially with Orton's RKO,
this is gonna be exactly what the doctor ordered.
[Mick] Shut your mouth.
[Ross] And Van Dam seems to be now,
all of his will to win is fading away a little bit.
He's been complaining about neck cramp.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what,
it's a great match, and I'm enjoying it,
but I think they could've done with a little more Stone Cold celebration,
a few more of those Stacy cartwheels.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Van Dam back up now, and Orton going back downstairs.
Van Dam fighting with everything he's got.
The Intercontinental title means everything to Rob Van Dam.
How much-- Van Dam, those hands-- those hands,
I don't think will have the effect-- those legs and feet are helping.
[Jerry] Randy Orton is doing pretty good trading punches with Rob Van Dam,
but you don't wanna trade kicks or feet.
[Ross] With a kick, like, right on the Adam's apple.
He seems to be having a hard time getting a breath here
with that hard blow right to the throat.
[Jerry] He'll get no sympathy from Mick Foley or Rob Van Dam.
Van Dam has been weakened down so much,
he's-- he may not be able to capitalize on this.
[Ross] That windpipe can be-- can be injured very easily there.
Now, Van Dam's trying to fight back and is with straight right hands.
Unusual, Van Dam is more of a fist guy.
And Van Dam now is stepping on the second rope.
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[crowd] One, two, three, four…
[Ross] Van Dam stinging those right hands
right into the handsome features of the challenger from up top.
[Jerry] And that won't sit well with Randy Orton.
[yells]
[Ross] Rob Van Dam-- Oh, look at this.
Oh, look at the strength of the legs.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
Check out the spin kick one more time.
See where he catches him.
Oh, right in the throat.
[Ross] Van Dam now, the momentum has changed
back into the favor of Rob Van Dam.
-And Van Dam spring-- -[Jerry] Another kick to the throat.
[Ross] …springboarding right off that second rope.
Van Dam building some momentum here.
I mean, the reigning Intercontinental Champion,
a five-time champion, has asserted himself
and reasserted himself in this matchup.
What a beautiful suplex.
Northern Lights Suplex by Rob Van Dam.
And Orton quickly rolls outside.
[Jerry] That's a smart move, J.R.
Don't complain about that.
[Ross] Complain? Complain about what--
[Jerry] I don't know about this right here.
[Ross] Oh! Hung out to dry.
Now Orton's getting some of that security wall,
like Van Dam did earlier.
[Jerry] Listen up, I think we're about to see
one of those unnecessary chances, unnecessary risks.
[Ross] Yeah, but this time, the unnecessary risk paid off,
I think for Rob Van Dam.
He found his mark, but what damage did the champion do to himself?
[Jerry] Right, I mean, his legs--
I mean, the legs hit Randy Orton, his back and his body,
and looked like the back of his neck.
Now, you know, he's on-- right on the floor.
[Ross] I'll tell you, I've been around a lot of tough guys,
-in my-- -[Jerry] You sit next to one every week.
[Ross] Oh, absolutely. But I'm gonna tell you,
Rob Van Dam is one of the toughest men in the WWE.
Take another look at this right here, King.
We're talking about two men who have both got promise.
[Jerry] But see what happens to Rob Van Dam after he jumps.
Went right into the railing himself.
[Ross] Orton back in the ring.
Van Dam comes back,
and Orton back up into the sort of a condition
into the front facelock, and slide, and the DDT!
Oh my God.
-This has gotta be over. -[Jerry] Cover him.
[Ross] But we got a new champion if Orton can make the cover.
[Jerry] Rob Van Dam is out. Cover him. That's all you gotta do.
[Ross] Orton's going for the cover.
This time, it's a tight cover.
-He's got the leg hooked. -[Mick] Van Dam touched the rope.
-[Ross] Van Dam-- -[Jerry] What's he doing? He just got--
-Wait a minute, Foley. -[Ross] Van Dam not in a good--
[Jerry] Oh, watch out. Foley screwed up there.
I know that Van Dam--
[Ross] Here's another cover.
The legs are hooked. Van Dam kicks out.
[Jerry] I know that-- I know that Van Dam was able to touch the rope,
but he never got to grab the rope.
Mick Foley gave Van Dam a huge break there.
Oh! That DDT breaks.
[Ross] Another high impact move to the head and neck by Randy Orton.
He just missed that knee drop.
And Orton now may have hurt himself with that knee drop.
He hit nothing but canvas.
And Van Dam has spent more time on the canvas in this match than didn't.
[Jerry] Orton couldn't have hurt himself any more
than he hurt Randy Orton with the, uh-- the DDT.
That was one of the most devastating DDT's I've seen in-- I can't remember when.
[Ross] A lesser man to be already competing,
but Van Dam continues to compete. And Van Dam levels-- Nice!
He's gone for the cover.
An unorthodox cover, but it's so unique,
so close to-- It was a near fall.
And again, Van Dam going…
[Jerry] I think you're right.
I think Van Dam is operating solely on instinct right now.
He's kicking anything that's in sight
and in-- kicking things that aren't in sight.
[Ross] Right in the face.
Orton got dropkicked right in the face.
Baseball slide dropkick.
And the Rolling Thunder!
And Van Dam, I think, clipped his own neck on the Rolling Thunder.
-[Jerry] And look at Flair. -Randy, get up. Randy, get up.
-Randy, get up. -[Jerry] He-- He's pleading--
Hey, wait a minute now!
Uncalled for.
[Ross] And then Orton will get the cover!
And then Van Dam able to kick out.
Well-- Oh my goodness, did you hear that one?
-[Jerry] I did hear it. -[Ross] That was sick.
[Jerry] Unfortunately, Randy Orton felt it.
[Ross] That was an ill kick, let me tell you.
Randy Orton kicked right-- I think, right between the eyes.
[Jerry] I know you're a huge Rob Van Dam fan,
but even you can't condone what Van Dam just did to The Nature Boy.
-[crowd chattering] -[Ross] All right.
[Jerry] It was unprovoked. It was unnecessary, uncalled for.
[Ross] It looked like, uh, Clarence Walker in the back there was on--
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] Well, something like that.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Van Dam could have been sent back up.
-Oh, wait a minute. -[Jerry] Oh. Oh, oh.
-[Ross] Naitch's got-- -[Jerry] What's Naitch got?
-[Ross] And-- Oh. -[Jerry] What?!
[Ross] Ooh, oh! Mick Foley heading off Ric Flair,
and Van Dam just got dropkicked from the top.
And you saw how he landed astride of the top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] I think-- I think that Naitch may have had something in his hand.
[Ross] Oh, he had something in his hand.
-[Jerry] What was it, a foreign object? -[Ross] What do you mean, "may have"?
-[Jerry] Well-- [chuckles] -[Ross] Foreign objects?
[Jerry] Okay. I'll give you credit. I think Naitch had something.
[Ross] He had an international object in his hand.
Looked to me like something metal.
And Van Dam-- And he gotta take a ride off that-- Oh no.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] RKO.
-[Jerry] Out of nowhere. -[Ross] Orton got the RKO.
He's got both legs hooked, and Orton wins it.
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] Man, out of nowhere.
["Line in the Sand" playing]
[Lilián] Here is your winner and the new Intercontinental Champion,
Randy Orton!
[Jerry] I'm in shock. We got a new champ. Mick Foley actually counted three, J.R.
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is Sunday, December 14th,
and Randy Orton has just won his first WWE Championship.
The Intercontinental title is now in the camp of Evolution
around the chiseled waist of young Randy Orton.
[Jerry] And you gotta admit, J.R., look at it, it looks good in his hands.
It looks better around his waist,
and this has got to bode well for Evolution tonight at Armageddon.
[Ross] Look at Orton looking
at his reflection in that Intercontinental Championship belt.
[Jerry] Oh, he's so proud.
[Ross] I hand it to Rob Van Dam for being a great fighting champion.
I think Van Dam was going on guts and instinct the majority of this matchup.
[Jerry] Well, I'm gonna tell you something.
It was a tremendous match, and then that RKO came out of nowhere.
It was just-- It was just unbelievable, great.
♪ Evolution ♪
[Ross] Kind of reminiscent of the Stone Cold Stunner,
where he just hit it anytime, anywhere, and put your man down.
And that's what Randy Orton did. He capitalized with his RKO,
and there you see the new Intercontinental Champion.
And let us show you exactly how that all went down, here it is.
[Jerry] Well, I guess we gotta talk about that move, that RKO.
Foley miraculously counts to three.
And we have a new Intercontinental Champion,
the Evolution celebration.
Maybe we can get Stacy Keibler out here for a couple of cartwheels
to celebrate his championship.
Stacy?
[Ross] Certainly, one has to say,
is this a sign of things to come for Evolution?
[Jerry] That'll bode well for 'em tonight. I gotta believe that.
♪ Time to find out who I am ♪
[Jerry] He's a happy man.
♪ Looking back ♪
Well, King, we saw earlier on Sunday Night Heat all the confidence,
uh, that could be amassed was in the court of Evolution.
Right now, they're 1-0. Two matches to go.
Well, I think, uh, it all paid off,
and we have a new Intercontinental Champion.
That RKO out of nowhere was so effective.
And like I said, I think this is gonna be a big, big night for Evolution.
Well, it's starting off very big.
Randy Orton, the new Intercontinental Champion.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, a match that Eric Bischoff signed…
-[Jerry] Oh boy. -[Ross] …in my estimation, a huge fight.
It will be Eric Bischoff's Battle of the Sexes,
Trish and Lita versus Chris Jericho and Christian.
The question is, is this a love story gone awry?
Is this about love, or is this about ego?
[rock music playing]
-[both chuckle] -Hi, I'm Jericho. Hi.
I thought you could use some company.
-There you go. -Oh, thank you so much.
I'll keep that. Thank you.
Oh, seriously, like, what is going on between the two of you?
I don't know, Lita. It's like-- God, I'm just--
I don't think I've ever felt like this before.
[sentimental music playing]
I can't stop thinking about you.
Night and day, all the time,
I can't stop thinking about you, no matter what I do.
I don't want that to stop.
What about you and Christian anyway?
We are through!
You don't have to go anywhere because I got you your job back.
You're not fired.
I used the favor that Eric Bischoff gave me to get you your job back.
For me? You did--
-Yeah. It's no big deal. -Just-- Thank you.
-Thank you. -You're welcome.
[dramatic music playing]
I'm telling you, C-Man. I'm telling you, the bet is gonna be over after tonight.
I'm gonna seal the deal.
Did you see when Molly knocked Lita down at ringside?
I went over there, and I picked her up real gentle.
We had a moment.
Big deal. I've been making out with Trish for the last three weeks.
Oh, come on.
[Jericho] She's been falling for every single thing I've been saying.
It's been absolutely pathetic. "I've never felt this way before."
I just never felt this way before.
How pathetic. How sad is that?
-Sad. -And I'll tell you something else.
She's gonna be feeling something she's never felt before later tonight.
Yeah?
[Jericho] Because I told you from the start, I could nail Trish
before you nailed Lita.
I'm gonna win the bet, Christian. I'm gonna win it tonight.
-Is that so? -That's so.
Well, I got one dollar, Canadian, that says that you're wrong.
I can't believe how stupid that broad was.
Man, all broads are like that.
I'm outta here.
[dramatic music playing]
[Jericho] Lita, Trish, there's a lot of rumors flying around
that you two are mad at us.
We really, really hope that that's not true.
Look at your faces. I mean,
what did we do to you guys that would make you feel this way?
Okay. You're mad at us because of that bet?
It was just a joke.
I mean, come on, Trish.
You know the chemistry that we have.
And, Lita, you know Christian feels the same way.
He gave up his Survivor Series favor so you could keep your job.
You know the real us.
Trish, I'm begging you to please, please accept my apology.
Trish, please.
I've never felt this way about anybody ever.
Accept my apology.
[dramatic music playing]
Did you two really have a bet to see who was gonna get lucky first?
Well, it started--
You're damn right it was a real bet,
and I was just about to close the deal with Lita.
I can't believe this. You've gotta do something about this, Eric.
[Eric] At Armageddon, we've got a tag team matchup
that's gonna see Christian teaming with Chris Jericho.
Your opponents are going to be
Lita and her partner, Trish,
in Eric Bischoff's Battle of the Sexes at Armageddon.
[woman] Hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman scorned.
["Break The Walls Down" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[fireworks exploding]
♪ You know I got ya, yeah ♪
♪ One, break the walls down ♪
♪ Break down the walls ♪
♪ For those about to rock I'm what ya want ♪
♪ Baby, you know you're Judas And I'm your priest ♪
[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is Eric Bischoff's Battle of the Sexes match.
Introducing first, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing in at 230 pounds, Chris Jericho.
[Jerry] J.R., you don't like this match, do you? You don't think it's fair, do you?
[Ross] Absolutely not. I think it's hideous.
I think it's-- I mean, Eric Bischoff is kinda like our version of Saddam Hussein.
What a power-hungry dictator.
And Chris Jericho is the little character that set this match.
The irony of this whole thing is that Jericho's first appearance
in the first Armageddon was in an intergender match.
["Blood Brother" playing]
[Jerry] It is ironic.
[Lilián] Introducing his tag team partner, from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 224 pounds, Christian.
[Jerry] He'll resemble that part.
But all his peeps-- the peeps love it. Look. Look.
Look at those signs over there. There's "Peeps" signs all over this arena.
[Ross] There's two of them, all in Christian's handwriting.
[Jerry] Nice weather down here in Florida always, right?
-[Ross] Well-- -[Jerry] What about back in New York?
It's snowing. It's so cold.
All the New Yorkers, I heard, instead of the finger,
they're giving each other the mitten tonight.
This is great.
You gotta be in Florida here at Armageddon with us.
["LoveFuryPassionEnergy" playing]
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] You ready, J.R.? -[Ross] I don't like the feel of this.
-[Jerry] I'd like to feel this. -[Ross] Oh, I don't like to feel this.
[Lilián] Making her way to the ring, from Sanford, North Carolina, Lita.
[Ross] Well, Lita will try to represent our divas and her gender as best she can,
but I think that Eric Bischoff hasn't seen two women in an unattainable situation.
[Jerry] How long ago was that? Some years and years ago,
they had a Battle of the Sexes in tennis.
-But this ain't gonna resemble that. -["Time to Rock & Roll" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Lilián] Introducing her tag team partner, from Toronto, Canada, Trish Stratus.
[Ross] For the kids out there that are, uh, oh, I don't know, under 30,
that was Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Not The King here we're talking about.
[Jerry] No relation, I might add.
[Ross] Sounds like you and Billie Jean King
have a couple of things in common.
[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey. Look at these young ladies.
I can't believe that-- Well, I gotta give them credit.
[Ross] Well, what else they're gonna do, get fired?
I mean, you know, Christian saved Lita's job.
Bischoff already fired Lita.
Christian used his favor from Survivor Series
to get Lita hired back.
[Jerry] Well, there's your option.
[Ross] Christian could play that fiddle--
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] He could play her like a fiddle.
Oh, the brawns. Look at the-- So crass. Such a demeaning tone.
[Jerry] I know. Christian and--
Christian and Jericho, they have Velcro arms and Teflon hearts.
-[Ross] Sure. -[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Christian is trying to explain himself.
I don't think Christian can crack Jericho's shell if you ask me.
[Jerry] You remember what she did last time
she got a bad taste in her mouth.
[Ross] Oh, look at him. Grab popcorn, viewers, sit back…
[Jerry] Oh, wait, wait, wait. I think-- Oh, she almost got-- Whoa!
-[bell ringing] -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] There she goes again.
[Ross] Trish hammering away at Jericho, who's protecting himself here.
[Jerry] Looks like he's just trying to do the right thing here.
[Ross] I don't think he has the capabilities of doing the right thing.
-Calm down! -[Jerry] Okay.
So much for doing the right thing. Hey, look.
[Ross] Hey, now this is classy, it's humiliation--
Yeah, just humiliating this young woman.
-Calm down! -[Ross] Calm down?
This is not what we want.
-[groans] -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And a shot right in the solar plexus by Trish.
Trish now--
[Jerry] Do you think a good spanking do good for her?
[Trish yells]
-[Jerry] Oh my gosh. Look at that. -[Ross] Headscissors takeover by--
-[Jerry] Did you see that? -[Ross] Trish dropkicked on Jericho.
And Jericho swatting Trish away. And Christian makes a blind tag.
Tags himself in.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] I think-- Is that Christian now?
[Jerry] I think Christian has seen about enough of this.
[Ross] Trish…
[Jerry] Not gonna put up with any of these--
[Ross] …lets Lita tag in.
Look at the crooked smile on CLB's face, Christian knew
Lita, she got trouble written all over her.
[Jerry] Now look at Lita. She's thinking she's all tough.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jericho] Knock her ass out!
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] Christian's gonna let her shoot-- Go ahead, give him your best shot.
[Ross] He's gonna lead with a collar-and-elbow tie-up.
-He thinks he's Billy Watson, King. -[Jerry] He needs to put her in place.
What are you gonna do, huh? What are you gonna do?
[Ross] Oh, whoa! A headbutt.
Oh, man, that was a target you can't miss is Christian. Now, Lita--
[Jerry] You better run.
[Ross] Lita gets some time here, went right back in the ring.
Kicks Christian.
Lita's outsmarting Christian if you ask me.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. What is going on here?
This is not going like these guys thought it would.
-[Ross] I'll tell you what, I-- -[Jerry] What's gotten into Lita?
[yells, groans]
[Ross] So, Lita-- Lita taking Christian over.
Swinging and then trying to hit Lita right in the head with a clothesline.
-[yells] -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Oh, this is-- this is-- -One, two--
[Ross] Lita got a near-fall on Christian.
[Jerry] You talk about humiliating, Christian is getting humiliated now.
-[Ross] Lita got Christian-- -[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Jericho, where's his class and his loving heart?
[Jerry] Wait a minute. This is a match, J.R.
What do you think, they're supposed to go in there drink beer and give love?
[Ross] You're supposed to treat your opponent with respect.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
That was a cheap shot by Jericho.
You want some of this, huh? Huh? You want some?
[Ross] There goes a tag, huh?
Come on, Lita. Is this what you want?
This is what you want, huh? This is what you want?
Is this what you wanna do, huh?
[Jerry] Can you believe this guy, just slugging away on these poor guys.
[Ross] A hard slam.
This time, Jericho meaning business here on--
-Oh, wait a minute. -Get off her hair. Get off her hair.
One, two, three-- Get off her hair. What are you doing?
Come on, Lita. Come on, Lita, huh?
Get off her hair. Come on, now!
-One, two, three-- -[Ross] I am certainly unaware, I mean,
of what Trish saw in Jericho anyway.
I don't understand all that wrestling romance going on.
[Jerry] Well, Jericho's showing Lita-- Hey!
[Ross] Lita countered Jericho. A near-fall on Jericho.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Oh, Jericho, a reverse elbow right in the face.
[Jerry] He didn't hit her with the fist, yeah.
-[Ross] A hard tag on Christian. -[referee] Tag. Switch up.
Get off her hair. One, two-- Get off her hair.
[Ross] This is Eric Bischoff's Battle of the Sexes.
[Jerry] Well, Christian said that he got to third base--
Oh, well, he's got to second base right now. Right here now.
[Ross] Don't think he's had much experience with women
-if you ask me. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] He's the kind of guy who's always a creepy little guy.
From the class of CLB.
[Jerry] Look how proud he is.
-[Ross] We're on pay-per-view now, right? -[Jerry] Yeah.
-[Ross] So he is a creepy little bastard. -[Jerry] Oh, I say that on pay-per-view.
[Ross] Oh, look at him. He's just taunting Lita.
[Jerry] One of those peekaboo blouses.
They're peekaboo too.
-Oh, no! -[Ross] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The referee was detained there by Jericho.
And Lita took advantage of the referee's back being turned.
-A low blow. -[Jericho] Come on, Christian!
[Jerry] So, that's okay, huh, a low blow?
That's the most-- That's the worst thing that could happen to a man. That--
You know that, J.R.
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
-[shrieks] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And a tag made to Trish. Trish in, hammering Christian with those--
[Jerry] Head kick.
[Ross] I'm shocked that these two athletic young women
have done so well, as they have.
Trish landing on her feet.
[Jerry] Watch it. Look out.
[Ross] Trish ducks, hammers knee. But nobody there. Nothing but air.
-[Jerry] She dodged it. -[Ross] What is Chris Jericho doing here?
-[Jerry] Trish Stratus-- Oh. -[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] I wonder if poor Jericho has still got some fight in him.
Unless he's wearing a cup, he's in trouble.
And Trish with a-- Oh!
Jericho blocking Trish.
I mean, trouble for Christian. Jericho's not the legal man, by the way.
Now, Christian, that sweaty body on Trish.
Pull her out 'cause he's a big shot.
Oh, no, not enough.
"I'm gonna punish her 'cause I'm a tough guy."
[Jerry] That's not such a creepy smile, is it?
[indistinct chatter]
[Ross] He gives me the shivers. Looking at him makes me wanna shower.
[crowd clamoring]
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] Now, look at that.
Trish outmaneuvered Christian. She's got the shoulders down on Christian.
The cover and a kickout-- Oh!
And--
-[crowd] Oh! -[Ross] Christian took Trish's hair off.
[Jerry] Now, hey, look behind you, look out.
-[Ross] Lita up top. -[Jerry] Look out.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Christian may have fantasized about Lita on top,
but he got enough Litacanrana.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] Jericho taking out Lita.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] He chucked her. Her neck went into the security wall.
-Get out of the ring! Get out of the ring! -[Ross] Jericho walking in on a big shot.
Two men on one woman now.
I'll tell you, Eric Bischoff's Battle of the Sexes, these two men--
What are you doing? No, get out of the ring!
Get out of the ring.
No. Go, go.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] There's a roll-up by Christian.
-[Jerry] He got her. -[bell ringing]
-[Jerry] Christian got the pin. -["Problem Solver" playing]
[Lilián] Here are your winners, Christian and Chris Jericho.
[Jerry] Come on, J.R. Aren't you proud of your gender?
The men won the Battle of the Sexes.
[Ross] Well, I am proud of my gender, but not for what we've just seen.
Not for this match.
Not for Eric Bischoff's Battle of the Sexes.
Trish looking for Lita, she's hurt on the outside.
Trish got pinned.
Christian celebrating like he just won the World Heavyweight title.
And Jericho's acting like he might care.
[Jerry] Look at this, Christian's not so cringey now.
[Ross] Jericho don't care.
[Jerry] Christian's giving props to all his peeps.
[Ross] He's probably just pissed that he didn't get the pin himself.
[Jerry] Let's see this one more time. Let's see how this happened.
I don't know if Jericho was-- maybe Jericho was lulling Christian
to that false sense of security, or do you think he's really--
Get out of the ring.
No. Go, go.
[Ross] All I know is that Christian rolled Trish with a sense of urgency.
And I don't know what that look means, but--
[Jerry] It's like he actually feels sorry for Trish.
[Ross] Oh, I kinda doubt that. Maybe he'd-- I don't think so.
[Jerry] No hard feelings.
[Ross] Well, I don't know about that.
[Jerry] Yeah, I don't either.
[Ross] We are in Orlando, Florida, at the TD Waterhouse Centre.
This is Armageddon, and we wish you a happy holiday.
You bet that Lita and Trish won't have a happy holiday.
Let me tell you something that will make you happy, okay?
We're counting down the days, King, to WrestleMania XX.
[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] Sunday, March 14th, Madison Square Garden, WrestleMania XX.
[Jerry] It's gonna be the biggest event ever in the history of WWE.
-Wouldn't you agree? -[Ross] Absolutely. No doubt about that.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up in a heartbeat,
it will be the legendary Shawn Michaels against the animalistic Batista.
Shawn Michaels has so much heart, so much courage, and so much emotion
when this situation started at Survivor Series.
There's one man left for Austin, and that is Shawn Michaels.
There are three men left for Bischoff's team.
Austin's career is all in the hands of Shawn Michaels.
-[Jerry] This is looking real bad. -[Ross] Oh!
-[Jerry] No. He's got him. -[Ross] Yes, indeed.
One down and two to go.
Michaels is up. Oh.
-[Jerry screams] -[Ross] The counter. The counter.
The counter. Yes, yes, yes.
[Jerry] I can't believe--
[Ross] And we're down to Shawn Michaels and Randy Orton.
-[Jerry] No! -[Ross] Orton tried to crossbody Michaels!
[Jerry] I don't know if Michaels moved out of the way or just collapsed.
[Ross] Look, he's willing himself up.
-He's one kick away. -[Jerry] Look at Bischoff.
[Ross] Oh, and Bischoff with a martial arts kick,
and Austin knocking the hell out of Bischoff.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Oh, Stunner.
-[Jerry] Woo-hoo. -[Ross] Austin got the Stunner on Orton.
And now Austin's gonna open a can of whip ass on Eric Bischoff.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Hey, wait a minute.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Wait a minute.
There's a damn-- That "Animal" Batista.
-Batista, no! -[Jerry] No!
[Ross] Oh, for the love of God, no!
Batista has taken Michaels out. Orton's gonna cover.
-[Jerry] Kick out. -[Ross] Kick out, Shawn.
Oh, God!
Shawn Michaels did everything a human being could do,
and thanks to Batista,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin's 14-year career
is over.
[Shawn] This job is the one thing that brought just a little bit of peace
to the Stone Cold heart.
-You took that away from him-- -No. No. Stop right there.
I didn't get beat in the middle of the ring.
Eric Bischoff didn't force "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
out of this business. Shawn Michaels did.
Look in the mirror because the man you'll be looking at
is the man that you have to blame.
[Shawn] I looked in the mirror.
The man staring back at me had a clear conscience.
I gave the fight of my life at Survivor Series.
If it wasn't for you and Evolution,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin would be here tonight.
[Batista] I think you are 100% right.
You didn't cost Austin his job.
I did when I powerbombed your ass straight to hell.
Hey, just come on down, you jacked-up Nimrod!
Let's finish it now.
[Eric] Batista versus Shawn Michaels, damn, that is one hell of a great idea.
[Ross] My God, what an Armageddon. Batista and Shawn Michaels.
Batista is a very special, physical specimen.
[Jerry] Muscles in places most people don't even have places.
[Ross] Six-five…
[Batista] As good as you are…
[Ross] …320 pounds…
[Batista] …I am that much better.
[Ross] …the carnivore known as Batista.
And Batista and Shawn Michaels have their date with destiny at Armageddon.
Michaels will take chances. He has no fear and no intimidation.
[Shawn] The Heartbreak Kid lays down
for absolutely nobody.
Evolution will be 3-0 at Armageddon
after I've choked the life out of Shawn Michaels' career.
[Ross] My God, Batista is a damn monster.
I believe in Armageddon.
[dramatic music playing]
-["Sexy Boy" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I've got the looks ♪
♪ That drives the girls wild ♪
♪ I got the moves ♪
♪ That really move them ♪
♪ I send chills up and down their spine ♪
-♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪ -♪ Sexy boy ♪
-♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪ -♪ Boy toy ♪
-♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪ -[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from San Antonio, Texas,
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Shawn Michaels from San Antonio, Texas,
one of the strongest champions in the history of the WWE,
making his 68th WWE pay-per-view appearance, King.
It'll be only the third for Batista.
Shawn Michaels, you saw what happened at Survivor Series.
-We'll talk more about that momentarily. -["Animal" playing]
[Lilián] And being accompanied by "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair,
from Washington, D.C., weighing in at 318 pounds, Batista.
[Ross] So far tonight, King, Evolution is 1-0. Randy Orton winning
the Intercontinental Championship earlier tonight.
And Batista will do everything within his power,
and he's got lots of it, to make it 2-0 for Evolution tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, and so will Naitch. So will Naitch.
Naitch's led-- Well, Naitch's led Randy Orton to victory,
and I think he's got in that--
that twisted, sick mind of his the lead Batista to victory idea as well.
[Ross] We've the wrestling expertise of Shawn Michaels
versus the animalistic power of Batista,
but in my view, the intangible-- the intangible, you can't measure it,
can't feel it, can't smell it, can't touch it
is Shawn Michaels' will to win.
[Jerry] Well, he'd better have that will to win, Shawn Michaels there tonight.
You know, I was gonna say earlier when Shawn came out here,
I was gonna-- Look at Shawn Michaels.
He's in probably the best physical condition
that I've seen him in in years. His physique is tremendous.
And all of a sudden, we look at Batista, and it's just scary.
I mean, there's no comparison. Shawn Michaels is in great shape.
He looks tremendous, but look at that man.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels is a veteran, as we said.
Making his 68th WWE pay-per-view appearance
to only the third appearance for Batista.
So, Batista trying to corner Michaels.
Michaels has gotta get on that horse tonight,
use every bit of speed and quickness that he can muster.
Batista getting the right hands from Michaels.
Stinging rights and-- or lefts, I should say, and right hand.
Michaels--
[Jerry] I'm afraid, uh, if Shawn is not careful,
those little peppering shots like that might just make Batista mad.
That's like-- That might be all-- the only effect they have.
[Ross] We see referee Earl Hebner assigned this matchup.
-[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! -[Ross] Look at the size of Batista,
as the crowd getting behind Shawn Michaels with the HBK chants.
Michaels beating Batista with the punch,
and Batista getting frustrated-- more frustrated by the moment, it seems.
[Jerry] I don't know if Batista actually gets frustrated.
I think he just looks mad.
When he gets mad, he likes to hurt people.
[Ross] He's very capable of doing that.
He's the man that shattered Goldberg's ankle several weeks ago--
-Yeah, boy! -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
That was a smack on the head of Shawn Michaels.
And Batista with that knee lift-- He's a big six-foot-six-inch, 318-pounder.
Michaels giving away about 100 pounds.
[Jerry] Batista's mad. I told you. Big mistake from Shawn Michaels.
It's almost like the old, if you don't stop… [speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Shawn Michaels tiring out that big thigh muscle,
quadricep muscle of Batista.
And knife-edge chops compliments of Ric Flair's playbook.
Batista can't connect. And Michaels-- Look at the quickness of Michaels…
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
Ric Flair tried to blindside Shawn Michaels and got nailed,
and now Michaels--
[Jerry] This is reminiscent of the HBK muse that no one loved.
He was cocky. He was arrogant. He was The Showstopper.
Loved to showboat.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You think.
[Earl] Hey, get him in here. Let's go.
You're getting it, buddy.
[Earl] Two…
[crowd clamoring]
[Earl] …three…
four.
Look at him.
[Jerry] Right in the chops, here.
Watch this. The old baseball slide.
Here comes Naitch, and there goes Naitch.
[Ross] If that was a hit right in the nose, that could be terminal.
Flair giving Batista now some secrets and instructions, I would assume.
Flair's a real steady influence
for our young-- two young members of Evolution
and the inexperienced member-- Michaels--
and Batista's got Michaels cornered.
Batista coming with power.
That's what Batista has gotta do, King, in my estimation.
He's gotta ground Shawn Michaels.
You've gotta ground and pound if you're Batista on HBK,
and that's what Batista's doing. He's--
[Jerry] The pounding has begun.
Shawn Michaels was grounded, and now he's being pounded.
Get out of my face!
[Ross] Batista trying to intimidate referee Earl Hebner.
He has a five-count to work with.
Referee gets to five, this match will end.
You wanna break on four--
[Jerry] Batista can intimidate just about anybody.
I think Batista can intimidate Godzilla and King Kong both. Whoa.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] That's some impact right there.
You wanna smile now, boy?
-[Ric] Come on. -[Ross] There's a cover by Batista.
-And Michaels-- -Two!
[Ross] You see that cover, Michaels' left shoulder left exposed.
-He used that. -Hey, hey, hey.
[Jerry] The force of that clothesline-- well, it could break the sternum.
-It could collapse your lung. -[Ross] A great spot by--
And a standing vertical suplex by Batista.
And Michaels' back is just red as the-- red as the tights he's wearing.
The cover and Michaels again leaving that left shoulder exposed.
-[Ric] Hurt him, big man. -[Ross] He kicked out.
[Ric] Hurt him. Hurt him.
[Jerry] Well, Flair is begging Batista to hurt Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] Naitch's on--
[Jerry] I think he's doing a pretty good job of that, Naitch.
[Ross] No doubt about it. Right now going back to Batista.
Shawn Michaels has had a history of back problems.
We thought that his injured and surgically-repaired back
was gonna put Shawn out of the-- out of the WWE forever.
Shawn Michaels' will to compete brought him back.
And this man may send Shawn Michaels back home.
Batista now exposing that elbow, making it turn down
and raking it right in the face, right with that elbow bone,
as Shawn Michaels…
He made it out of there.
Again, right there, the knee right to the lower back.
That's the focus of Batista right now.
The clubbing blows to the lower back of Shawn Michaels.
If Shawn Michaels has an Achilles' heel,
it is his lower back, if that makes any sense to you at home.
[Jerry] And the longer this match goes,
not only do you have to consider the Flair factor
but, like you said, that back just--
it absorbs more and more punishment, more and more abuse.
[Ross] We gotta know that that choking ain't choking him.
-He's choking him, ref. Step in there. -Two, three…
-[Ross] Referee is now counting Batista. -…four. Come on!
[Jerry] You wouldn't step in there if you were the ref.
-You're choking him. -[Jerry] Look at that muscle.
You'd get out of the way, wouldn't you?
[Ross] Michaels just got--
If you're talking about the strength of Batista.
Shawn Michaels' had internal bleeding a few weeks ago,
and Michaels fights back. A chop to Batista.
Batista now, then he hits right back,
comes right back with that knee down to the abdomen.
And Michaels hit with a right in that lower back again.
And Michaels now, a kick right to the face of Batista coming in.
Batista setting Michaels on the top turnbuckle.
Clubbing blows to the back.
That is the focus of this ground-and-pound attack,
as Batista--
[Jerry] I can smell something real bad coming here
-for Shawn Michaels. -[Ross] Oh, good Lord, don't do it.
This will be the end right here if Batista gets this--
Well, I think it would be a suplex worth trying.
And Michaels fought out of it.
-Shawn Michaels fought out of it. -[Jerry] What's HBK gonna do?
[Ross] Bad back and all, Michaels…
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] …with a moonsault.
Hit Batista in the head. Michaels has got-- Batista kicks out.
Michaels waited till Batista stood, where there's a bigger target, I guess.
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels throwing caution to the wind.
That just shows you how bad Shawn Michaels wants this match.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels entered last year's Armageddon
as champion. This match, he doesn't have titles.
Michaels knocking Batista down with a flying forearm.
The courageous Shawn Michaels. The monster known as Batista.
But Michaels giving away about 100 pounds.
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels would love to win this match.
I mean, for himself, he'd love to get the victory over Batista,
but he'd also love to derail Evolution.
And that's what that would do.
You realize that? It would derail Evolution.
-[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! -[Ross] Listen--
[Jerry] Oh, look out.
[Ross] Michaels gets up. Batista takes Michaels down. Oh.
-[Jerry] He's up again though. -[Ross] Michaels bounced off.
Instinctively, upside down. And Michaels-- oh, down right on his head.
His injured neck-- His neck bending in that cruel, sickening way.
And then Batista dropping 317 pounds right on that lower back and kidneys.
And watch out, Michaels-- And Michaels thrown outside
like he was a piece of garbage by this big monster.
[Jerry] I think that that's exactly what this big monster thinks of Shawn Michaels.
I don't think Batista respects anyone.
Maybe Naitch, Triple H, Randy Orton a little bit.
But other than that, I don't think he respects anyone.
-[Ross] Oh, come on. -[loud thud]
[crowd exclaiming]
[Ross] Oh, I'll tell you what, the referee's gonna take a long look
at the-- at the situation here with Shawn Michaels and that bad back.
Batista rolls back in the ring to stop the referee's ten-count.
[Jerry] Yeah, momentarily, but then he's right back out on HBK.
[Earl] …three!
-[Jerry] Watch this. -[Ross] Listen.
[Jerry] Listen to this.
-[loud thud] -[crowd exclaiming]
[Ross] Those stairs didn't move. They didn't flinch.
And now Batista's got the cover.
Could be over here, and Michaels keeps on kicking out
but didn't raise his shoulder off the canvas.
Michaels somehow, someway getting back up.
Batista, though, says not for long.
Backbreaker by Batista.
The game plan here.
Batista with a cover and a forearm to the face.
Again, didn't hold Michaels down.
Talk about the intangible Shawn Michaels'…
[Ric] Hurt him, buddy.
[Ross] …unprecedented will to win.
But Batista now looking for a submission here, King.
What do you need him to say there, fool?
-He's out. He's out. -[Ross] Forearm on the throat there, ref.
[Ric] He's out. He's--
[Jerry] Naitch is trying to tell the referee that Shawn Michaels is out.
I don't think Shawn Michaels is out.
[Ross] If Shawn Michaels is breathing, he's competing.
[Jerry] He's not out.
[Ross] Michaels trying to withstand this onslaught
as the sweat pours on a-- on a sticky night here in Florida.
[Jerry] Look, even Batista is sweating,
but he's not tired, J.R. This guy is like a machine.
[Ross] Oh, he's a-- he's a very well-conditioned athlete.
But Shawn Michaels has got something a little different
than anybody else I've ever known.
And Shawn Michaels is trying to will himself back in here.
Shawn Michaels is trying to will himself back in this match. Right hand.
And Shawn Michaels-- Oh, a gut shot.
-Come on. -[Ross] Whoa. And a cover.
And a three-- No.
Referee's hand coming down for three.
Count, count, count!
[Ross] Ric can't believe the count by the referee.
[Jerry] Well, Flair wants a little faster count.
I don't know if I don't agree with him.
[Ross] A crybaby coach complaining about the three-count.
And it's a hand-- a big right hand by Shawn Michaels.
And Michaels again lining up Batista, but Batista won't go down.
The big man, six-six, 318,
withstanding Shawn Michaels' offense here.
Shawn Michaels-- Shawn doesn't wanna stand toe to toe with this animal, King.
I don't think this is gonna get him, but maybe I'm wrong.
[Jerry] I don't know. I think he's standing pretty well toe to toe
with Batista with these chops.
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
Michaels with a forearm. And Michaels just kipped back up.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He's in a very good condition.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels' inverted atomic drop on Batista.
-[Batista grunts] -[crowd exclaims]
[Ross] Michaels has gotta be thinking about maybe some Sweet Chin Music
somewhere down the line.
But just take a look at the strength of this man.
This is the cause of the internal bleeding of Shawn Michaels a few weeks ago.
We saw the blood flow from his--
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Ross] And a DDT.
A counter with a DDT by Michaels.
Shawn Michaels countered the strength of Batista.
[Jerry] Come on, Shawn. Have you got it-- got it in you?
[Ross] Will the wrestling expertise--
[Jerry] The other way, Shawn The other way. He's the other way.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels may have to have a rope to pull himself up.
That may be how bad he's hurting.
What's Shawn gonna do here?
[Jerry] I don't know. I don't agree-- Oh, come on.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] And Shawn-- On the top.
How can he even get up there with a bad back?
[Jerry] He's not thinking about it, J.R. He's doing it.
Even if his back had been broken, here he is.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels, what guts and heart!
Flying elbow from the top rope,
and you can almost feel the momentum of this crowd switching
in this matchup.
[Jerry] They're on their feet here in Orlando.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Shawn Michaels can feel it.
-These fans can feel it. -[Jerry] Oh my gosh.
[Ross] Yes, I think we're home.
Shawn Michaels is tuning up the band.
He's gonna kick Batista's head off here and now.
[Jerry] Naitch, you better do something.
[Ross] Batista blocked Sweet Chin--
-[roars] -[Ross] Batista blocked Sweet Chin Music.
[Jerry] This is just incredible, this man right here.
I mean, you're right.
He is truly an animal. Look at him.
[Ross] Just like that, Batista turned it around.
Michaels was tuning up the band for some Sweet Chin Music,
and in one move, the powerhouse-- Oh.
Good God Almighty.
And the damage done to Shawn Michaels.
[roars]
[Jerry] I tend to agree. This is it, J.R.
-[Ross] The stakes'll never be… -[Ric] Hey, show the body.
-…the same after this. -[Ric] Show 'em the body.
-[Ross] …with that Tiger Bomb. -Show them, man.
-Show the body. -[roars]
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels was tuning the band,
but I think the fat lady was clearing her throat.
Now, it's almost over.
-[Ross] Batista is sensing victory. -Come on, boy.
-[Ross] No doubt about that. -[Ric] Finish this. He's done!
Two spinebuster slams.
[Jerry] Look at Flair. He's beside himself.
He's so happy, he couldn't bring his arm down.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels gave it everything he had.
Everything he had.
And now Batista looking for that Tiger Bomb.
He's got him up here, but look at Michaels.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] A count, a count--
-[crowd counting] -[Ross] Yes!
-[bell ringing] -["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Jerry] Oh my God!
[Lilián] Here is your winner, The Heartbreak Kid,
Shawn Michaels!
[Ross] Somehow, someway,
Shawn Michaels has pulled this one
at the bottom of the ninth, in the fourth quarter,
in overtime.
[Jerry] Oh. [laughs]
[Ross] Shawn Michaels' Sweet Chin Music almost taking the head off of Batista.
And Michaels' back is killing him.
His whole body is racked with pain.
Shawn Michaels somehow, someway, survived.
His will to win, by God, is amazing.
What an athlete. What a match.
[Jerry] Check this out.
It was-- I mean, it was almost curtains,
but somewhere out of nowhere…
[crowd cheering, counting]
[Ross] …gets him in the face.
-And then gets him there, -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Shawn Michaels, my God, he's The Showstopper.
[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] Batista just now starting to come around.
So, Evolution is not gonna have a clean sweep tonight,
thanks to Shawn Michaels.
[Jerry] Oh, no. This throws a huge monkey wrench
into the plans of Evolution tonight at Armageddon.
Wow.
[Ross] Flair can't believe it.
-[crowd booing] -[Jerry] What are you gonna do now, Dave?
It's time to regroup, Naitch.
[Ross] Well, Evolution's planned to go 3-0 tonight.
Batista trying to shake the cobwebs loose.
-[Jerry] I don't think Batista realize-- -[Ross] He's dazed.
[Jerry] I don't think he realizes what has happened. Look at this.
No, you didn't win.
[Ross] Yeah, you got-- you got your ass beat by Shawn Michaels.
-Don't feel bad. A lot of people have. -[roars]
[Jerry] No, he didn't get his ass beat, but he did get knocked out.
He's knocked out.
["Tattoo" playing]
[Jerry] Batista hasn't even left the ring yet.
Batista is still-- He's still woozy.
[Ross] Oh, he-- That does look like it is.
Batista is irate.
Batista is pissed that he lost to Shawn Michaels.
And Maven is waiting on the arrival of Matt Hardy.
[Jerry] These guys-- The referees are trying
to talk Batista into leaving the ring,
and I don't think he's got no intentions of leaving.
Maven's ready for his match.
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, weighing in at 225 pounds,
Maven.
[Ross] I'll tell you what, Batista is-- he looks very disturbed.
And I don't mean in a-- in a-- in a smart-aleck way. He's--
Batista's not leaving the ring.
Maven is at ringside awaiting the arrival of his opponent.
-And here he comes. -["Live For The Moment" playing]
[Lilián] And making his way to the ring, from Cameron, North Carolina,
Matt Hardy.
-♪ I can slap a tornado ♪ -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
♪ I can dry up a sea, yeah ♪
[Ross] And Matt Hardy and Maven is--
They're gonna start this-- the match out here in the-- on the rampway.
[Jerry] I don't blame them. The ring is no safe place to be.
[Ross] Ric Flair and Batista are still in the ring.
And Batista-- There are two referees in the ring,
the referee that officiated the last match--
[crowd member screaming]
[Ross] …and the referee assigned this match was gonna be outside.
[Jerry] And you said these two got into it on Heat earlier tonight.
This match was made and… I think that--
Well, now they're both getting in the ring.
[Ross] Maven tossed in the ring by Matt Hardy and-- Wait a minute.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] Oh!
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. Is it-- -[Ross] What the hell is this about?
Batista almost beheading Maven
and hits him again with another hard shot.
[Jerry] Well, Batista, it looks like he just wanna--
he wants to take his frustrations out on anybody that comes near him.
[Ross] Any living being.
Batista now taking his wrath and his--
-his hatred out on losing-- -[Jerry] Oh no.
[Ross] Gosh almighty, what a powerbomb.
[Jerry] And that, J.R., is what's supposed to happen--
what was supposed to happen to Shawn Michaels.
-Naitch-- -[Ross] It's just getting started.
[Jerry] I think Naitch is condoning this.
Yeah, I don't-- I don't think there is a match.
I heard a bell earlier, but Matt Hardy's just enjoying it.
[Ross] There's that Tiger Bomb,
that sit-down powerbomb by Batista,
and leaving Matt Hardy just looking on in awe of Batista.
And Batista is literally destroying Maven here.
Maven is absolutely helpless, thanks to this assault--
There's our trainer.
[Jerry] Maven--
I think Maven's in the same situation that Batista was in earlier.
I think Maven's knocked out.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Matt Hardy is sort of keeping his distance from Batista,
showing a little more intelligence than Maven is.
And Maven has been decimated, physically dissected, and--
-Now, what's Matt Hardy-- -Wait. Maven isn't in condition.
Now, back it off! Back it off!
[Ross] At least the referee is keeping Matt Hardy away.
Maven is absolutely defenseless, thanks to Batista.
[Jerry] The trainer's in there,
but if you ask me, it was Maven on Heat that really wanted this match.
Due to Maven's condition,
he cannot wrestle this match.
He cannot wrestle.
[Lilián] Ladies and gentlemen, the referee has just stated
that because of the condition that Maven is in,
he will not be able to wrestle tonight.
Therefore,
the match between Matt Hardy and Maven will not take place.
-[crowd booing] -[Ross] Matt Hardy is beside--
-[Jerry] He's upset. -[Ross] Yeah, he's beside himself--
-Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Hey!
[Ross] Come on. What is this? This is--
-[crowd counting] -[referee] What are you doing?
[Ross] Matt Hardy just counted himself a victory here.
And this is no match.
This is not official.
[Jerry] Ring the bell.
Why not? You heard the bell ring to start the match.
[Ross] Well, Maven is-- well, really defenseless.
And now-- What the hell is this?
Matt Hardy's acting like a maniac.
Egomaniac.
[Jerry] He'll do his own announcing.
And the winner is
Matt Hardy V1-ah!
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] "V1-ah."
[Ross] What the hell does that mean?
[Jerry] It means he's the winner of the match.
[Ross] I got that part.
-["Live For The Moment" playing] -[Ross] Now Matt Hardy is gonna--
This will be something for his wall, a big victory he got
in 2003 at Armageddon,
that he counted down and he ring announced.
[Jerry] That was quite an accomplishment.
He was the wrestler, the referee, and the ring announcer.
He did it all. What a big victory.
[Ross] Well, he--
All I can tell you, ladies and gentlemen,
is that the damage was done by Batista.
[Jerry] That's gonna look pretty impressive on Matt Hardy's résumé.
[Ross] Yeah, right.
Next time he looks for work, make sure he reaches out to executive board.
Absolutely, but Maven is gonna need some medical help.
I hope Batista is happy.
[Jerry] I think-- I think Maven is still knocked out.
-You're all right. You're all right. -No!
You're all right. I'm telling you, you're all right.
I'm better than him! I'm better than him!
-This is bull****! -Hey, hey. Stop, stop, stop, stop!
-Stop! Stop! Come on! -I'm better than him!
-You are! You are better than him! -I'm not a loser!
Hey, not only are you Evolution,
you're Batista, and you got it.
-Batista's a winner! -No, no. Stop, stop.
You not only have it here, here, you got it here.
You're a man's man.
I've seen them all come and go.
You have that special little thing in you that's gonna make you better,
but everybody stumbles.
I fall down.
Hunter falls down.
We all trip.
The good ones get back up,
and the good ones get back in the game.
You walk out of that building, out of that arena
with your head held high.
You left someone laying. You're back.
Forget about Shawn Michaels.
We'll get him another day.
Right now, I got something special, something special for you.
'Cause we're walking out here tonight with title belts around our waists.
-[Batista] I'm a champion. -You are a champion.
-[Batista] I'm a champion. -More than that, you're a man.
-[Batista] I'm leaving. -[Ross] Good God.
[Lilián] Ladies and gentlemen, coming up next,
we have the Tag Team Turmoil match
for the World Tag Team Championship.
Now, here are the rules.
There's gonna be two teams to start the match in the ring.
Now, when one team is eliminated,
another team will come and replace that team.
The last team standing will be the World Tag Team Champions.
-["Final Force" playing] -[Jerry] She said that very well.
[Ross] And we understand that the team--
the order of entry was determined by random drawing.
[Lilián] Introducing first, at a combined weight of 533 pounds,
René Duprée and Rob Conway,
La Résistance.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you,
René Duprée's had a little taste of World Tag Team gold
with his former partner, now injured, Sylvain Grenier.
He hasn't had a title opportunity--
to win an opportunity or win the title, is what I'm trying to say,
with Rob Conway. This team has got to go the distance now.
So, the luck of the draw has something to do with the outcome,
in my opinion, of this contest.
-["Eye Of The Hurricane" playing] -[man] Stand back.
There's a hurricane coming through.
[Lilián] And making their way to the ring,
at a combined weight of 590 pounds,
Rosey and The Hurricane.
[Jerry] You know, J.R., hurricanes do a lot of damage in Florida sometimes.
[Ross] Well, we'll see if this hurricane…
can do some damage here tonight as Tag Team Turmoil.
You heard-- You heard Lilián say two teams start.
If one team is eliminated, another team enters the match.
The final team left becomes the World Tag Team Champions.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] And as we started this night,
the Dudleys were, and are as we speak,
still the World Tag Team Champions.
Based on order, the luck of the draw goes to them.
This is Conway and Rosey.
Rosey, I say just from those Toledos, eats a lot of corn.
[Jerry] Yeah. You know, in India, I think he would be considered sacred.
Oh.
Now, we're gonna see--
Oh, we're gonna see just how tough Hurricane can be here.
He talks about-- We hear all about this-- his hurra-powers.
Whoa.
His hurra-powers are failing him just a little bit.
He's still in his secret identity, and he may-- he may be hurt.
I think he's pulled his hurra-hamstring.
[Ross] And Conway with that full nelson on The Hurricane.
It's certainly a great opportunity for all these teams
that are in this Tag Team Turmoil.
There is only--
It's very likely we could have new Tag Team Champions crowned
because, you know, again, you gotta see the Dudleys
about the order of entry
and they're the frontrunner tag team in the WWE.
No doubt about that.
Oh, that's Rob Conway, a very, very talented young man.
And Conway pulling Hurricane out from the ropes.
He's onto the rope.
[Ross] He's too close to the ropes according to referee Mike Chioda.
That's where you wanna keep The Hurricane, down and in the corner.
[Mike speaking indistinctly]
-One! -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] I don't know about you, what do you think?
Do you think troops should be allowed to be in their-- in, uh-- you know,
with all the reparations over in Iraq?
[Ross] Let 'em stay at home.
They didn't do any fighting. They didn't do any work.
Didn't make no commitment.
[Jerry] You're saying they didn't help capture Saddam Hussein?
-They didn't-- -[Ross] Did not.
And there's a nice slam by the athletic young Frenchman René Duprée,
with The Hurricane kicking out.
Turned right over to his abdomen and off his back.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] A right hand.
And a rake of the eyes by René Duprée on The Hurricane.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
Look at this little green-haired Hurricane jumping up and down on the pound.
He's gotta be one of the toughest guys, I mean, ever in the history of the WWE.
[Ross] Why would you say that?
[Jerry] Well, I mean, he just-- just watch him. Anyway,
first of all, anybody that's walking round the WWE locker room with green hair,
-they gotta be tough. -[Ross] Tag was made.
And Rosey and--
[screaming]
[Ross] Rob Conway getting bounced around in the center of the ring
by this big, big man. Samoan drop.
Perfect for Rosey delivering the Samoan drop.
Slammed hard on a side shoulder.
That should be all there. I think it--
-[Jerry] Rosey landed hard on Conway. -[Ross] He did.
-[Jerry] Rosey needs to learn two words. -[Ross] What's that?
[Jerry] I'm cool.
Whoa, whoa, no. He's just gonna dump him out of the ring.
[Ross] And Conway left in the ring with Rosey.
Can Conway take advantage here?
And I don't think so. Not this time.
Rosey doing the heavy lifting.
Now making a tag to The Hurricane.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Oh, look at this.
[Jerry] Too high.
-[Ross] Oh, shoulders. -[Jerry] He flew.
[Ross] That ought to do it, for goodness' sakes.
-And it does. -[crowd cheering]
["Tunnel Vision" playing]
[Jerry] That was a--
Oklahoma iron grip that did it.
The next team should be on their way to the ring momentarily.
The La Résistance coming in-- Wait a minute.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Jindrak and Cade.
-What the-- -[Jerry] What the heck?
They didn't even come down the ramp. They came in through the crowd.
-["Hello Ladies" playing] -[man] Hello, ladies.
[Jerry] I guess it doesn't matter where you come from.
Oh, wait.
[Ross] Jindrak and Cade are in the lead for the championship at the moment.
-And-- -[Jerry] Whoa.
Where do you think these two babes came from?
[Ross] Well, both Christian-- Storm and Val--
[Jerry] No, no, no, no. I'm not talking about those.
I'm talking about the babes!
[Ross] I don't know. Maybe they're aspiring actors.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] Oh, I'm sure Val Venis will bring out the best in 'em.
-[indistinct chatter] -[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] He's always auditioning, future film star.
[Ross] Yeah, he's always up for an audition.
[speaking indistinctly]
King, I'm flabbergasted, really.
Jindrak and Cade came through the crowd, obviously.
They didn't-- They didn't get introduced.
[Jerry] Well, that was smart.
I told you, I'm beginning to like these two young guys.
[Ross] I don't dislike 'em, I'm just shocked at how they came to the ring.
It was very strategic--
A nice arm drag takedown by Jindrak.
And then countered by Val Venis.
Leg sweep by Jindrak, lateral press. Nobody's there that time.
[Jerry] Wow. Look at these guys go.
[Ross] And, uh, Val Venis…
-[crowd] Whoa! -[Jerry] Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
[Ross] That's a great retaliation there by Val Venis.
And the reverse elbow by Val.
Perpetual motion.
Val smacking the very athletic Mark Jindrak, six-six, about--
[Jerry] Well, I wanna say that Val Venis could go with anybody,
can hang with anybody in the WWE.
[Ross] Well, so can Lance Storm, King. Let's be honest about that.
Lance Storm is one of the brilliant stars of Calgary, Alberta, Canada…
arm drag takedown, one of the greats in the history of the game.
[Jerry] Where are their girlfriends?
-[Ross] I don't know-- -[Jerry] Hey, can we get a shot of them?
-Two of the-- -[Ross] It sounded like you're--
[Jerry] Two of the finest young women--
[Ross] Who do you think you are? Larry Flynt?
[Jerry] Who?
[Ross] Nice headlock takeover by Lance Storm.
Here they are.
[speaking indistinctly]
A strapping takedown by Lance Storm.
Armbar on Garrison Cade.
-There you go, King. -[Jerry] Woo-hoo!
[Ross] Did you see that, King? They showed up on camera.
[Jerry] Trying to figure out which one I like the best.
-[Ross] The better. -Okay, Lance, let him go.
Let him go!
[Jerry] Which one I like the better?
[Ross] Lance Storm, guy could win this match better than anybody I know.
[Jerry] Oh, man, buddy, I'll take one or the other.
[Ross] Oh, man!
What a left! What a left hand!
That has gotta be it.
-Oh, well, it's not. -Two!
Come on, damn it.
[Ross] Tag made, Jindrak in.
Cade should be leaving momentarily.
[Jerry] Did you hear me say-- what I said a while ago? I said I--
I said I'd like one or the other.
[Ross] Sure.
-What do you say, Lance? -No.
What do you say, Lance?
-What do you say? You wanna give it up? -No.
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] But maybe you can do a couple of cartwheels like Stacy
while you're-- what I could call it.
[Ross] I ain't wearing pink underwear…
[Jerry] I mean, that's not a thought… That is not a--
[Ross] I bet you're gonna say, that's a bad vision.
[Jerry] But you know what? Jindrak and Cade,
these guys are opportunists.
Did you see that-- Look out.
They're young, and they will make-- they will make some mistakes.
Oh!
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
And look at this.
There's a war now. Got a spinebuster by Val Venis.
Look at the neckbreaker by Val.
Can't get any better than that.
[Jerry] Something has got Val Venis fired up tonight.
And I think I see it at ringside.
[Ross] The hook of the leg here--
Garrison Cade interrupted the count.
Lance Storm and Val Venis trying to get on the tag team match,
and you do it by winning the tag team titles
is, uh, one way to do it.
[Jerry] Can you imagine how impressed those pretty, young ladies would be
if Val and Lance left here the Tag Team Champions tonight?
Oh.
[Ross] Val, his version of a powerbomb. Can he do it here?
No, not this time.
That's a high-impact move, but…
[Jerry] I was thinking of celebrating.
-[Ross speaking indistinctly] -[Jerry] Like a movie?
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
VHS.
-And look at-- Oh, look at Cade. -[Jerry] Hey.
-[Ross] Cade, look at-- -[Jerry] Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait.
[Ross] Cade and Jindrak.
[Jerry] Gotta hand it to them, J.R. Come on.
[Ross] They just eliminated Val and Storm.
[Jerry] That was clever. They're opportunistic
[explosions]
-["We're Coming Down" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I have a feeling things are gonna pick up, King,
and-- in this Tag Team Turmoil.
The Dudleys getting a rousing ovation here tonight in Orlando.
[Jerry] Yeah.
Tag team titles are flying.
[Ross] And the Dudleys are not gonna be outsmarted
by the young children, and here we go.
-Here we go, King! -[Jerry] Oh. Now we go.
-What is wrong with you? -[Ross] I'm getting excited.
-[Jerry] I can see that. -[Ross] It was a kicker.
[Jerry] Hit me.
[Ross] There's a lot of women out here, contrary to men.
Crowd chanting now they want tables.
They're, uh-- They're conditioned to that.
This is not a Tables match.
[Jerry] Oh. Be patient. Patience is a virtue.
[Ross] And?
[Jerry] They don't want-- you don't need--
You don't need Tables right off the bat here.
Uh-oh. Look out.
[Ross] And Bubba Dudley, the, uh--
Bubba and D-Von are half-brothers.
-And Bubba-- What the hell is he doing? -One, two…
[Ross] Got Cade… [speaking indistinctly] Hard shot across the chest.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] About those shorts,
I used to have a pair of shorts that looked like that
[speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Bubba Dudley and D-Von now double teaming Garrison Cade,
sending him for the ride.
Nice double team by the multiple-time champions.
Hook of the leg by D-Von.
They've been both Tag Team Champions on ten occasions have the Dudleys.
[Jerry] You know, this is exactly the situation Garrison Cade wanted.
They wanted in there because they wanna beat these guys.
They wanna prove to the world that they are true tag team material.
[Ross] And there's the cover.
Hook to the leg by D-Von Dudley got the cover on Mark Jindrak.
Jindrak and Cade defend their opportunities from the Dudleys,
grab the opportunistic win by any means necessary.
A clothesline or the-- a lariat-like clothesline by Mark Jindrak.
[Jerry] Well, I talked to Jindrak and Cade last week.
They almost won the title.
They were-- They were victorious in a non-title match.
[Ross] He got a shot in that time.
A good attempt by referee, Mike Chioda.
And now Mark Jindrak stomping away at D-Von Dudley.
And D-Von now for the isolation in the corner,
and Garrison Cade, he's got the tag, and he's in.
Come on. Knock it off.
[Ross] Garrison Cade hammering-- just hammering.
He's a talented young man.
[Jerry] Garrison can go.
-Look at Jindrak. -[crowd chanting] We want tables!
[Ross] Look at Jindrak behind the referee's back.
[crowd chanting] We want tables!
-We want tables! -[Jerry] We want tables.
[Ross] Oh, yeah.
There's a snapmare by Garrison Cade.
[Jerry] You know what to get these people for Christmas?
Tables.
-[Cade] What do you say, D-Von? -[Ross] Chinlock by Garrison Cade.
As D-Von Dudley grounded here in this Tag Team Turmoil match.
Two teams have come and gone.
[Jerry] Let me ask you this.
Do you think that this is fair that the Dudleys have to defend the titles
this-- in a match like this?
I mean, if the Dudleys lose it to Cade and Jindrak, we are sure
that we're gonna have new Tag Team Champions.
-[Ross] And look at this! -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Oh my God, it would've been worse if the Dudleys had to start.
This is more of Eric Bischoff's, uh, sinister planning.
It's kind of like the Battle of the Sexes.
And now the Dudleys,
they're not fighting-- I mean they're not complaining.
They're warriors, they're competitors,
and big Bubba Dudley gets that tag--
-[Jerry] Yeah. Look out! -[Ross] High takeover.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Little wrestling game of Look for the Dudleys.
-And Bubba Dudley… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …stacking like, uh-- Cade and Jindrak up like cork wood
on a cold night in the Northeast, as it is.
D-Von Dudley, as he--
Big wraparound clothesline there.
Bubba Dudley just got introduced to,
quite frankly, uh, abruptly to the steps.
And a big right hand by Garrison Cade.
There's a roll-up by Jindrak and--
[Jerry] Nope, nope, nope. Near two.
[Ross] Near-fall.
Near-fall on D-Von with a roll-up,
but Garrison Cade with a shot to the torso
of, uh, of D-Von, interrupting the count.
[Jerry] Two on one here. What's the ref doing? Is he allowing this?
[Ross] Referee's-- D-Von's up here getting one man out of the ring.
So, I think-- I think it's D-Von and Jindrak are legal and--
[Jerry] Oh, man. He missed! He missed!
[Ross] One hell of a dodge, standing ovation.
-And the fans-- -[Jerry] Ah!
-[Ross] Oh my God. 3D! -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] The 3D. Now Bubba's got the cover. -[crowd counting]
-[Ross] I guess Bubba was legal. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Cade from behind with a cheap shot.
Jindrak and Cade have been eliminated.
I think Bubba hurt his, uh…
Get out of the ring! Go!
[Ross] …his left shoulder on that-- on that maneuver.
[Jerry] I don't think Garrison Cade realizes
he's been eliminated, but now he does.
-[man] Holla if ya hear me. -[Ross] When he hit those steps earlier.
["Holla If Ya Hear Me" playing]
[Ross] And Scott Steiner and Test…
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] …hustling to the ring
to take advantage of, uh…
[Jerry] Like two sharks that smell blood.
[Ross] Yeah, and certainly, that collision with the ring steps
has hurt Bubba's shoulder,
and Test going right after him.
[steel steps thudding]
[Ross] And that noise is
D-Von Dudley's head hitting the steel steps.
[Jerry] Down to these two teams.
[Ross] Steiner and Test certainly getting the luck of the draw.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Bubba right there.
Steiner nailed by Dudley.
Essentially, trying to wrestle with one arm,
and D-Von maybe is gonna-- Steiner.
[Jerry] Gonna hurt the other arm.
[Ross] His version of a Northern Lights Suplex's taken Bubba
up and over. Bubba--
[Jerry] Steiner will suplex anybody, won't he?
[Ross] Yeah, he can. Yes, he can.
Former two-time All-American Wrestling from Michigan.
He is an honorary nasty Wolverine, let me tell you.
-[Jerry] Beast! -[Ross] Look at this.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Watch that arm.
[Ross] Right across-- Right around the ring post.
And, uh, Test not wasting any motion here.
[Jerry] I told you, Test is--
Test and Steiner were like two sharks that smell blood.
[Ross] And the Dudleys are really getting punished here,
especially Bubba, who's the legal man in this match.
[Jerry] Not again.
[Ross] Bubba's shoulder just may be absolutely separated here.
-[Mike] Just go back-- -[Ross] He's a one-armed man
and D-Von back up to his, uh, his corner
where he can accept the tag if Bubba can get there,
but I'm not gonna count on Bubba Dudley being able
to get to the corner and make the tag.
[Jerry] Might not even be able to raise his arm for the tag.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Now, let's see it. Look at him. Look at that.
[Ross speaking indistinctly] Got the lax cover,
and Bubba Dudley rolling off his back.
And Scott Steiner must think he's got this thing.
He and Test in almost cruise control.
[Jerry] Well, uh, you know what? You really can't, uh, argue
with that fact too much right now. He's got him injured.
-Just shut up! -[Jerry] He's hurt Bubba Ray Dudley.
We got the R-rated wrestling ring. I don't think there's a second match.
Look at Test. Look at Test now.
Test and Steiner frantically…
[Ross] Test getting that unfair advantage on the outside with a cheap shot.
The referee trying to restrain D-Von at the far side.
-D-Von getting very emotional. -[yells in pain]
-[Ross] Armbar takedown. Now look at this. -What do you say, Bubba?
[Ross] He's gonna work on that shoulder,
as Scott Steiner trying to hyperextend the elbow…
-[Jerry] Will Bubba tap out? -[Ross] …and just ripping that shoulder,
ripping and tearing it. He's a powerhouse, Scott Steiner.
Bubba Dudley is in danger of tapping out here,
and that leaves, uh, Steiner and Test to become the World Tag Team Champions.
[Jerry] Is he about to tap?
Is that a tap? Is that a tap?
[Ross] Referee says no.
Referee got a good look at it.
And a tag made. I-- Did you see a tag?
[Jerry] That looked very tag-like. I don't know-- I don't--
[Ross] A pass more like.
[Jerry] I saw a tap but not a tag.
[Ross] Well, that's a choke. That's very choke-like.
And, uh, again, Test going back to work on the arm.
Just pelting him, just hammers the face.
[Bubba yells in pain]
-Ask him. -[Scott Steiner] What do you say, Bubba?
-[Test] Ask him. -[yells]
-[Ross] Right on the arm. -[overlapping chatter]
[Ross] One arm has gotta be the elbow, right?
[Jerry] Look at D-Von. He wants in there so bad, he can taste it.
[Ross] No doubt about that.
Look at that. Look at Bubba's face.
I've never seen Bubba Dudley tap out.
[Jerry] Yeah?
[Ross] Never happened, that I can recall.
[Jerry] As far as a tap was concerned, I'm not sure.
[Ross] I know you thought it was tap-like.
[Jerry] Yes.
-[Ross] And, oh, look at bad Bubba. -Put him down, Test.
[Ross] Test putting big Bubba, 300 pound, on that top turnbuckle.
-This is free shots for him, King… -[Jerry] How?
[Ross] …if he can get that left arm up to protect himself.
-He can turn it right back. -[Jerry] He ain't coming back
with some big clubbing right hands, but this could do it.
[Ross] God bless. Look at D-Von.
The Dudleys ready to fight, I'll tell you that.
[Jerry] I always wondered why there was-- Oh!
[Ross] Boy, that's 300 pounds rattling the air out of Test.
That was a difference-making move by Bubba.
But Bubba's got to make the tag to D-Von.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] It's a whole lot easier said than done,
for us sitting here than being in that ring.
[Jerry] And he's up for, what, a count of three now.
Three!
[Jerry] I'm not so sure that Bubba didn't crush the rib of Test.
[Ross] D-Von wants that tag.
D-Von's gonna get the tag on the top rope. There's a tag.
[Jerry] There's the tag, and Test can barely breathe. Oh!
[Ross] D-Von Dudley, the legal man now, with Test in this Tag Team Turmoil finale.
Test reverses the Irish whip.
And D-Von going airborne with that shoulder block.
Scott Steiner trying to come in.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Gets a neckbreaker for his efforts.
Test can't score that clothesline.
And Bubba-- or D-Von, excuse me.
[Jerry] Good swinging neckbreaker there, that could do it.
-[Ross] Cover, D-Von-- Ooh. -Two!
[Ross] D-Von didn't get the cover.
Very good pin, he got the cover.
[Jerry] D-Von better keep the upper hand
because I'll tell you,
there's a half-brother out there still reeling and still hurt.
[Ross] It's all come down to these two teams, ladies and gentlemen,
for the world tag team titles.
[Jerry] Things aren't looking swell for the champs right now.
[Ross] Sidewalk slam by Test.
D-Von Dudley kicks out at…
[Jerry] Come on, ref. I--
-Steiner, get out. -[Jerry] I'm telling you,
the Dudleys have been very, very unfortunate so far in this match.
-Give him the boot. -One…
[Scott Steiner] Give him the boot!
[Jerry] Big Poppa Pump keeps directing traffic.
[Ross] I don't see no tags. I didn't see Steiner tag in.
I don't know why Test is still in, Steiner's in the ring.
[Jerry] These are like two on one. Oh!
[Ross] Oh. Knocked on the ground, Steiner stay in the ring.
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] There's a roll-up.
The roll-up-- Oh, hang on. Did he-- No, no, no, no.
It's a-- well, a long two-count there.
[Jerry] Well, I'm gonna tell you, Test and Steiner are lucky now.
[Ross] Test with a Pumphandle Slam here.
-Yeah. -[Jerry] Oh, oh.
[Ross] D-Von, momentum taking right on over.
Now, a full nelson slam by Test.
-His feet. -[Jerry] Hey.
-[Mike] Two. -Three!
-[Mike] Two. -[Test] Three!
[Ross] Test trying to steal that one, which shouldn't surprise anybody.
[Jerry] Test cannot believe that that wasn't a three-count.
Quite frankly, I can't either.
What is Test doing?
[Ross] This guy is associated with Stacy Keibler.
Get out of the way.
Hey. Go back to being a bodyguard 'cause at wrestling, you suck.
[Jerry] She's probably in the back doing cartwheels. What is Test doing?
[Ross] This is-- That's just stupid.
He's gonna throw away his champion-- up here to win the title.
[Jerry] Right. Look, did you see that?
[Ross] Talk about--
[Jerry] He threw the championship belt, man.
-[Ross] As a decoy. -[Jerry] Yes.
-[Ross] As a decoy. -[Jerry] What a move.
[Ross] I'll be damned-- No!
Bubba with the one arm pulled Test out.
I thought Test was absolutely stupid
to bring the belt and the chair in the ring,
and he used the belt to-- as a decoy.
[Jerry] He wasn't as smart as he looks, was he?
[Ross] Not on that occasion.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Well, that left hook really hurt Bubba.
Well, I'll tell you what, Bubba Dudley--
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh!
Bubba Bomb on Test.
The Bubba Bomb on Test.
-D-Von, get the cover. D-Von to the cover. -[Jerry] What?
-[bell rings] -[Ross] And D-Von and Bubba win it!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] They're still the World Tag Team Champions.
["We're Coming Down" playing]
[Lilián] Here are your winners and still the World Tag Team Champions…
-["I'm Back" playing] -♪ I'm better than ever ♪
♪ Got a knack… ♪
[Jerry] Now what?
[Ross] Now, what is-- Now, what the hell does Bischoff want?
You know he's not gonna congratulate Bubba and D-Von.
♪ 'Cause your opinion don't matter ♪
♪ This maniac… ♪
[Jerry] Well, the first time we've seen Bischoff out here--
Maybe he's coming out to congratulate them.
This match was his idea.
[Ross] Bischoff's the boil of the ass of life.
[Jerry] Tag Team Turmoil, Battle of the Sexes, all the--
[Ross] What does he want?
[Jerry] To say something.
In order to win Tag Team Turmoil, you have to go through all of the teams,
and there is one team who has yet to compete.
[Jerry] What?
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you,
Batista and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] What the hell is this?
["Line in the Sand" playing]
[Ross] I thought there were six teams in Tag Team Turmoil.
This will be the seventh team,
and the Dudleys have literally been decimated.
[Jerry] Well, I think that Eric Bischoff is-- What?
[Ross] And there's just no way in hell, I don't think,
that the Dudleys can withstand this.
Bubba may have a separated shoulder.
And look at Batista and this--
well, this animal that just went ballistic after losing to Shawn Michaels earlier.
-[Jerry] Yeah. He-- -[Ross] He destroyed Maven.
[Jerry] He's taking over right where he left off with Maven.
and look at this now.
[Ross] Maven is still getting medical care, from what we understand.
There goes downstairs on an injured Bubba Dudley.
[Jerry] I don't think the referee even knows what's going on here.
He's-- He thought this Tag Team Turmoil was over.
[Bubba yells in pain]
[Ross] Flair focusing on the leg of Bubba Dudley.
That's all about the figure-four leglock in Bubba's future, no doubt about that.
-And Batista-- -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Batista with that powerbomb.
You gotta be kidding me.
-[bell rings] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What a minute. You know what this means?
["Line in the Sand" playing]
[Lilián] Here are your winners, and the new World Tag Team Champion,
Batista and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
[Ross] I don't believe this.
[Jerry] I think I do know what it means, J.R.
We have new World Tag Team Champions,
and it's Evolution.
[Ross] I'll tell you what, Bischoff continues to get retribution
on every member of Stone Cold's Survivor Series, King.
[Jerry] Oh my God. Wait a minute.
You got Randy Orton--
Randy Orton being the Intercontinental Champion.
Now we got Batista and Flair as the World Tag Team Champions.
What does that leave?
[Ross] It leaves the main event.
It leave, uh, Triple H's opportunity still to come tonight.
I can't believe this. This is-- I mean, Bischoff…
[Jerry] Now, poor Dudley, he never even got-- he never even got--
-[bell rings] -[Jerry speaking indistinctly]
They never were able to put up any kind of offense whatsoever.
♪ Evolution ♪
[Ross] Well, now Evolution has the Intercontinental Championship
and the world tag team titles. This was totally unfair for Bubba and D-Von Dudley.
-Totally unfair. -[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] They've prepared for five other teams.
They got a ringer here.
[Jerry] Well, I guess Eric Bischoff can do just about anything he wants to do.
This was his match he rigged up.
Now I think it turned out just the way he wanted it to.
Whoo!
♪ We all know what it means ♪
Well, retribution for Evolution, no doubt about that.
And still to come the World Heavyweight Championship
in that Triple Threat match.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, a little bit envious of our, uh,
competition over at SmackDown.
Our colleagues of SmackDown have the privilege and the opportunity
to be traveling soon-- uh,
this coming week, as a matter fact, to Iraq,
and they're gonna be visiting the fighting men and women over there.
And on the heels of what happened today…
-Yeah. -…it should be a great celebration.
But last week, ladies and gentlemen,
in Los Angeles, our SmackDown superstars had a lot to say at this press conference.
-I'm jealous of these guys. -Me too.
-[dramatic music playing] -[soldiers chanting]
[man] Let's hear it for American's finest and bravest,
the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps.
[cheering and applause]
The WWE is actually going to be performing
for the troops in Iraq.
The army for 220 years has defended this country and made it free.
They're the only military force
in the history of this world that is undefeated,
and they remain that way because of our men.
They say it's technological, it's not.
You give Al-Qaeda rocks, you give us sticks, we still win.
[cheering and applause]
A lot of people try to confuse the issue.
Is this about the war? Is this about politics?
It's about one thing.
It's about our brothers and sisters, our men and women that are over there
and supporting them and showing them that we love them
and appreciate what they're doing.
-[man] Yes. Yes. -[cheering and applause]
It's-- will be a once in a lifetime for a lot of these troops who are there,
especially at the holiday season.
So we going to spread some love under their Christmas tree
because all these soldiers,
they're willing to give their lives for me.
The USO and the World Wrestling Entertainment have joined forces
to bring not only the entertainment to the troops
but to bring these great care packages.
These young service personnel, who are 18 and 19 years old,
and their reaction to being away from home, first of all,
but a lot of these kids are in a war, and it's frightening.
And being away from home is so scary.
And having that touch of home come to them,
whether it's handing out care packages or being entertained,
makes an impact on them that I guarantee you,
they will never forget the rest of their lives.
We would also like to invite you to help support our troops
by sending a donation of $25.
We will be very happy to deliver a care package from you.
You can log on to troops.wwe.com for more information.
This is gonna be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me
that I will never ever forget,
and, um, it's all gonna be worth it to go over there
and just see these smiling faces when we deliver these packages.
No matter where we go and no matter where we've been…
[inhales deeply]
…the biggest thrill we could ever have is about to happen,
the ability to perform before the men and women of the armed forces
of the United States of America.
[man] Uh, yeah.
[cheering and applause]
God bless America. Thank you.
[cheering and applause]
["Rhesus Pieces" playing]
[Ross] It'll be a special Christmas night edition of SmackDown
from Iraq on UPN, and hope this match is a--
This match has just been added, we understand,
a few minutes ago, apparently, King, and will be for the women's title.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[bell rings]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the WWE Women's Championship.
Introducing first, from Forest Lake, Minnesota,
she is the Women's Champion,
Molly Holly!
[Jerry] What a night this is, J.R.
You mean we have a Women's Championship match now
right here in Armageddon?
[Ross] Very envious of those good boys.
I cannot doubt they'll do a great job over there.
-Maybe next year we can go. -["I'm Feelin' Good" playing]
[Lilián] And introducing the challenger, from Seattle, Washington,
Ivory!
[Jerry] I could start going every year. I could be like the next Bob Hope.
[Ross] Well…
[Jerry] Or maybe you can go every year and be the next Bob Hope.
[Ross] I don't know about that.
I don't get why they'd replace Bob Hope, but the WWE is surely casting
a big shadow in Iraq, and Ivory'll believe
Armageddon's casting a shadow as the next women's--
Molly is a great athlete.
I think maybe the best wrestling women's champion we've had in years.
-But she seems a little frustrated. -[bell rings]
[Ross] I can't quite put my finger on it.
[Jerry] You mean like in a-- Oh, you know, I mean…
I don't know if I can say, right-- Well, it is--
Do you think she's frustrated in a sexual way?
[Ross] I don't know.
Something's up. Maybe not. I don't know.
[Jerry] You said she's a little frustrated, what do you mean?
[Ross] I don't-- Well, it's just something about her expression, and she's always,
uh, in angst, and she's always-- What a roll-up by Ivory.
[Jerry] She can be emotionally frustrated, or…
[Ross] She could, yes, that's right. I just don't know exactly the right--
[Jerry] …physically frustrated, or sexually frustrated.
[Ross] Well, that's true. We've all been through that in our lives.
-[Jerry] What, you have? -[Ross] Well, yeah, of course.
[Jerry] Did you act like Molly when you were sexually frustrated?
[Ross] I don't think I did, but I'm not exactly uneasy.
[Jerry chuckles] Well…
[Ross] Ivory-- Well, I'm just being honest here.
You know, trying to be honest, and Ivory on the top there.
Crossbody, hook on the legs, and--
I mean, she's wearing these black britches,
and I wear black… I'm kinda comparing myself to Molly here.
[Jerry] Are you sexually frustrated?
[Ross] No, I'm not now.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I'm just--
[Jerry] I know one thing-- Whoa.
That would make you physically frustrated right there.
[referee] Come on. [speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] You know what? Ivory is, uh, really looking hot right now,
isn't she, J.R.?
[Ross] Ivory is, uh-- Yes, she is. And Ivory's also been represented to Raw.
She has been to Iraq, Kuwait, and, uh, Afghanistan.
They liked her in that.
She was big in Afghanistan. Oh, yeah.
Ivory, uh, also… Ivory has been a former WWE Women's Champion.
Tossing, uh, Molly back in the ring.
And a nice little dropkick from Molly, a good position there,
as Ivory's face bounced off the ring.
[Jerry] So far every championship that, uh, has been defended here tonight…
-Get up off my back! -[Jerry] …has changed hands.
Do you think this is gonna happen tonight with Molly?
[Ross] You just never know. I mean, Ivory's very capable-- very capable.
I wouldn't wanna go on any long car trips with her, she's real cocky.
There's a cover there.
-Ivory kicking out. -[Jerry] A little catty.
Now, Molly, on the other hand, as you say, is sexually frustrated.
-Why do you say that? -[Ross] Look at this. Northern Lights.
But I don't know for sure it's sexual frustration.
[Jerry] What do you-- How do you treat someone that's sexually frustrated?
-[Ross] I guess you can-- -[Jerry] What's the therapy for that?
-[Ross] Well, I don't know. -[Jerry] Oh no.
Come on, Ivory. What do you say, Ivory?
[Jerry] She likes to think she's also cool.
[Ross] Well, that's-- [speaking indistinctly]
-What do you say now? -[Ross] She's certainly, uh, off.
[Jerry] I think that-- I noticed I see her sometimes,
she drinks a lot of prune juice.
Maybe that's why her face is, like, contorted
or puckered up and all pursed up. Look, see her mouth.
[Ross] Maybe she has a problem with irregularity.
That prune juice can be altering, man.
[Jerry] It'll give you a run for your money.
-[Ross] I reckon so. -Come on, you wanna give it up?
[Jerry] Look at her face. Look at her face.
[referee] What do you say now? Come on. Talk to me.
[Jerry] Maybe she's got-- Do you think-- In other words,
do you think she's got that IBS?
[Ross] What does that mean? Can you say that on WWE?
-[Jerry] Irritable bowel syndrome. -[Ross] Irritable bowel syndrome.
-[speaking indistinctly] -[Jerry speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] She is in the air sometimes.
There's a cover by the champion.
[Jerry] So that means she's actually physically frustrated.
[Ross] Now, there you go. See there? We figured it out, King.
We pulled the layer of the onion back, so to speak.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Well, you know what, it's a metaphor. And a suplex by Molly.
Two, two.
-[Ross] I wasn't prepared for this match. -Hey. Come on.
-[Ross] I had no notes. -Get off of her. One, two…
[Ross speaking indistinctly]
I apologize. I didn't know we were gonna have this match.
[Jerry] We don't need notes to realize what Molly's doing to, uh--
Look, check this move out. What is that actually called?
What's the technical term for that, J.R.?
[Ross] I don't know. Well, maybe a nose picker.
Come on. Why are you going for the face? Come on.
[crowd chanting]
[Ross] I fear that our colleagues, Al Snow and Coach, would know why.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. You're right, J.R.
[crowd chattering]
-[Ross] Oh, yeah. -[Jerry] You know what this means.
[Ross] Oh, yeah.
-Handspring elbow. -That's right! That's right.
[Ross] Backside of her elbow.
-I hope it works. Cover there. -One, two…
The Great Muta, remember him?
[Jerry speaking indistinctly] Before my time.
But I knew they were gonna have this match.
I have a note or two. Eric Bischoff told me.
Because I watch-- I watch Heat.
Three. Get her up now. Come on.
[Jerry] So I knew about this. Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Eric Bischoff made this match.
Supposedly Mick Foley would be doing something like this.
[Jerry] Oh, listen, Eric Bischoff's cousin.
[Ross] Really?
[Jerry] It's not Battle of the-- It's the Battle of the Sexes.
And now look at them now. I think the prunes are working.
[Ross] Well, she's-- Molly has exposed the top turnbuckle.
Hey, come on now.
-[Ross] First time that-- -[Jerry] You said Molly's exposed?
[Ross] No, I said she has exposed the top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Ivory blocked it. Look out!
[Ross] Oh, Molly face-first into the top turnbuckle.
-There's a roll up. -One, two
[Ross] The title-- we got a new champion here-- oh, no.
-One, two, three. -[Ross] Molly.
-Molly-- -[bell rings]
-["Rhesus Pieces" playing] -[Ross] Get the feel or something.
I'm not--
[Lilián] Here is your winner…
-[Jerry] J.R., just face it. -[Lilián] …and still…
-[Ross] What? -[Lilián] …the WWE Women's Champion,
Molly Holly.
[Jerry] You do think Molly's sexually frustrated.
[Ross] Well-- I don't know.
I'm not Dr. Phil.
All I know is she's the Women's Champion.
There are fans watching tonight in Germany and Austria, Switzerland,
Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg.
[Jerry] And Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman.
[Ross] Canada, Australia, I know what's going on.
["Rhesus Pieces" continues playing]
[Ross] And folks, there you see some concrete, this ain't Oklahoma.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] We're in Orlando, Florida.
We are live here tonight.
Happy holidays to each and every one of you.
[dramatic music playing]
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, we are just a couple of heartbeats,
let's say three heartbeats away from the Triple Threat match
for the World Heavyweight title.
The match can be won by only pinfall or submission.
There must be a winner.
Let's go back to Survivor Series.
Now this could really take off.
[explosions]
-[Jerry] Look at Goldberg. -[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] He's got a sledgehammer.
[Ross] My God, Goldberg with a sledgehammer.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Downstairs on Flair.
[dramatic music playing]
-[Ross] It's Batista. -[Jerry] Batista.
Here comes The Legend Killer.
[Ross] Batista and Orton get the sledgehammer.
[Jerry] I can't believe my eyes.
Goldberg has laid out all of Evolution.
[Ross] Goldberg just threw the sledgehammer out of the ring.
-[Jerry yells] -[Ross] Oh, the spear!
-And now… -[Jerry] No!
[Ross] …the Jackhammer!
Goldberg has retained the World's Heavyweight Championship!
[crowd cheering]
[Triple H] You think this is over between us, Goldberg?
Well, it's not. It's not over until I say it's over.
[Jerry] Let the maiming begin.
-Oh! -[Ross] Oh! A Pedigree on Goldberg.
Wait a minute. What the hell?
[Jerry] Oh, my God, what is Kane doing here?
[Ross] Kane is trying to destroy the world's champion.
[Jerry] He's doing a pretty good job of it.
[Ross] Why? Tell me why.
I want Goldberg and I want the world championship.
[Eric] It's going to be Kane versus Goldberg
versus Triple H in a Triple Threat match
for the World Heavyweight title.
-["The End" playing] -♪ You came to me ♪
♪ In a dream last night ♪
♪ You were standing ♪
♪ In a brilliant light ♪
♪ One minute here ♪
♪ But the next you were gone ♪
♪ I thought you could stay ♪
♪ But I was so wrong ♪
♪ The end is here ♪
♪ The game is over ♪
♪ No more pretending ♪
♪ No more, no more ♪
♪ The end is here ♪
[Kane] There is nothing that can stop me.
[Triple H] I'm gonna come out on top,
I'm gonna win, because that's what I do, that's what I always do.
[Goldberg] Either of you two punks got the guts,
let's get it on right here, right now.
♪ The end is here ♪
[Lilián] The following Triple Threat match is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
-["Slow Chemical" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] He's a prisoner of his own demented mind.
[Lilián] Introducing first, weighing in at 320 pounds, Kane!
[Ross] A very dangerous, psychotic individual is Kane, a former champion.
I don't know, but he can't be denied this opportunity here tonight, King.
Yeah.
♪ The wonder of the world is gone ♪
♪ I know for sure ♪
♪ All the wonder ♪
[Ross] Armageddon here, this Raw presentation,
and here comes the seven-time champion
-looking to make it eight. -["The Game" playing]
[Lilián] And introducing the second challenger from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing in at 265 pounds,
-Triple H! -♪ It's all about the game ♪
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what…
And surprisingly, he is unaccompanied.
In this matchup,
the first man to score a pinfall or submission
will win and become the World's Heavyweight Champion.
That's the only way you can win.
There's no disqualification.
There's no count-out.
This could be won by only one of two ways, pinfall or submission.
For example, if Triple H pins Kane or Kane pins Triple H,
they become the World Champion in this structure.
[Jerry] Goldberg doesn't have to be involved…
-[Ross] Exactly. -[Jerry] …in the equation but--
[Ross] Goldberg does not have a championship advantage.
[Jerry] But look, Triple H, there's no Naitch,
there's no Batista, there's no Randy Orton.
[Ross] Listen. And I was surprised when The Game came out by himself.
Every man for himself in this Triple Threat match.
Kane not taking the advice of The Game.
These two men await the arrival of the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
-♪ Time to play the game ♪ -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at that stare. If looks could kill.
[Ross] Huge man, tall, unimpressed.
♪ And if you can take it ♪
-♪ It's all about your debt ♪ -[Ross] He's seven feet,
about 320 is Kane.
I'm sure The Game won't be intimidated either.
-[crowd cheering] -["Invasion" playing]
[Ross] And here comes the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The intense, the focused…
the undeniable chant in the background signifying, King,
the arrival of the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.
[crowd chanting] Goldberg! Goldberg! Goldberg!
[Ross] Goldberg won the championship in September at Unforgiven…
against Triple H and retained it at the Survivor Series.
[Lilián] And from Atlanta, Georgia, weighing in at 280 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
Goldberg!
[Ross] He was an all-American nose tackle for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Number 95 for the Bulldogs.
He won't be number one in the hearts of either Kane or Triple H tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, not tonight.
And I don't know, J.R., I've been looking at all three of these individuals,
these warriors, looking at their faces, trying to read their eyes.
I don't see any fear within the eyes of any of them.
I don't see any intimidation in the eyes of any of them.
And I don't know-- I don't know if any of them are impressed with each other.
[crowd chanting] Goldberg! Goldberg!
[Ross] You gotta believe, there will be casualties
in this Heavyweight Championship matchup.
[Jerry] I think you've got three WWE Superstars in that ring right now,
and each and every one of them think that they are the best in the business.
[Ross] It's a-- really a sudden death environment here with the first man
-to score pin or submission winning. -[bell rings]
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Goldberg doesn't have to be pinned or maybe submit to lose his title,
with all three men waiting for someone to blink.
[Jerry] Yeah. You're right.
It's gonna come down to whoever makes the first mistake
is gonna be the big loser here.
[Ross] Goldberg does not have a championship advantage with Kane.
[Jerry] No. Triple H might have a problem tonight.
[Ross] He does though.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Who's gonna start the match here is what I'm wondering.
Who's gonna make the first move?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Kane standing stoically in the corner,
-Triple H and… -[crowd chanting] Goldberg!
Incredibly, the fans supporting Goldberg.
[speaking indistinctly] …to the fans at ringside.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Triple H might wanna watch himself,
turning his back on Kane.
[Jerry] Oh, look at Kane, look at Kane.
[Ross] Now Kane stepping out to the center of the-- of the ring.
These men scheduled to be in the ring at the same time here.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Came from behind.
-[Ross] Oh, wow. -[Jerry] Good shot.
[Ross] Triple H from behind into Goldberg.
And now Kane, thunderous right hands finding their mark.
-And Triple H! -[Jerry] They're teaming up, I told you.
[Ross] Probably wanna thank him for taking Goldberg for the night.
[Jerry] It looks like it's gonna happen.
[Ross] I don't know if you can trust Triple H
and you damn sure can't predict what Kane's gonna do.
But if Triple H and Kane are on the same page,
even if it's a short book, it'll be the end of Goldberg.
[overlapping chatter]
[Ross] And then what, King?
[Jerry] Well, I don't know what they--
[Ross] You're gonna get the fall to your right.
[Jerry] That's what I'm trying to say, these two guys, Triple H and Kane,
they can double team Goldberg all they want to
but then at some-- at some point,
they would have to decide
who's gonna pin him.
-[Ross] Could be an interesting meeting. -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Might have a court room, let me tell you.
As Goldberg's head's bouncing off that top turnbuckle by Triple H,
it is a match where it is almost like human chess.
You can't make a mistake, you gotta pick your allies,
you gotta find out who your friends is,
but tonight, just look for any allies.
But Goldberg obviously is the enemy on the receiving end
of right hands from Triple H and from Kane.
[speaking indistinctly]
Kane retaliates and knocks down Goldberg
after Goldberg had knocked down Triple H.
[Jerry] You're right. There are no friends.
These guys may cooperate or something like that.
There'll be no friendships formed in this match.
[Ross] Shoulder block by Goldberg, knocking down Kane.
Goldberg with the high-impact moves.
-That's just… -[Jerry] Look at this!
[Ross] And Goldberg with a powerslam to Kane!
Goldberg, eliminating Triple H, at least for the moment,
from the equation,
and Goldberg, quite--
[Jerry] Well, that was smart of Goldberg, but he needs to--
[Ross] Kane sat up.
Goldberg started to go out and attack or follow up with Triple H.
[Jerry] I think Goldberg is better off if he stays in the ring,
especially if there's only one other opponent in there.
[Ross] Kane's smiling.
[Jerry] He's sick.
[Ross] He is in-- he is in fury.
And a right hand.
And it's just Goldberg throwing right hands.
Throwing right hands.
And Goldberg, knocking Kane back to the corner,
and Goldberg walked into an uppercut right by Kane--
Kane now, few men in the world that can manhandle
an athlete the caliber of Goldberg.
And Irish whip, but more importantly is the follow-up clothesline by Kane.
And Kane again knocking down Goldberg.
Going for the cover here.
And Kane got a near fall with the World's Heavyweight Champion.
Triple H is kind of playing mind games by keeping his spot, he's on the outside.
[Jerry] Or maybe hurt.
[Ross] Yeah?
[Jerry] I can't even see Triple H.
There he is.
[Ross] Went back in the ring now.
Triple H coming back…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] What a takedown by Goldberg.
Look at the back of Triple H.
[Jerry] Maybe he should've stayed outside the ring.
[Ross] No doubt about it. Kane, what another uppercut by Kane.
Goldberg took two of those big uppercuts.
[Jerry] Sidewalk slam.
[Ross] And that could do it right there.
And Kane.
[Jerry] It's gonna take more than that to do with Goldberg. I know that.
Okay. You're right.
Maybe a sidewalk slam from Kane, you're right.
[Ross] It's Kane we're talking about here, and Kane now going up top.
He'll take a chance, won't mind doing it and…
[Jerry] Center stage on the floor.
[Ross] Kane slammed off the top turnbuckle.
And now, Goldberg gets to Triple H.
-[Jerry] Oh, wow. Look. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Talking about military press and turned into powerslam.
That's playing some sick mind games with Triple H.
You think you're getting pressed up there and you get powerslammed.
And Goldberg-- oh, look at this. Goldberg, setting for a spear!
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] But Kane just turned out the lights.
[Jerry] I was wondering how much of those gives Goldberg could do.
He had to be exhausted.
[Ross] And Kane now, choking Goldberg, nothing the referee can do about it.
Remember, you can only win by pinfall or submission.
That means if Goldberg is trying to dish for a count-out…
And Kane hammering away at Goldberg.
Triple H, he's sitting at the back seat watching the scenery go by.
-And now, watch this right here. -[Jerry] Check out this.
We thought it was a spear, but no.
Goldberg runs into that huge right foot of Kane.
-Come on, Triple H. Keep it clean. -[Ross] Now look at Kane and Triple H now
in a very, uh, perverse double team.
Very unique dynamically, Triple H and Kane.
They have to eliminate Goldberg
and then what will they do?
[Jerry] J.R., you gotta realize they can't eliminate Goldberg.
One of these guys has gotta eliminate Goldberg.
[Ross] And Goldberg was hit by Kane.
[Jerry] Get thrown out of the ring or something like that.
[Ross] Very partisan Goldberg crowd here tonight in Orlando in Armageddon.
They been doing some-- doing some chanting for Triple H.
[Ross] Well, all I'm saying is they're very partisan Goldberg.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. Oh, boy. -[Ross] Look at this, look at this.
That's what you're telling-- you're saying right here.
Triple H and Kane.
[Jerry] Like I said, they'll cooperate, but they're certainly not friends.
[Ross] Of course not.
[Jerry] Maybe I got it wrong.
Triple H looks like he's trying to strike up a little bit of a friendship.
[Ross] You don't think Triple H would let Kane get the cover, do you?
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Kane now.
[Jerry] He'll certainly let Kane do the damage.
[Ross] Boy, that's a hard slam. That's a-- oh, look at--
-[Jerry] Oh, look, oh, look. -[Ross] Triple H, coming the back here
trying to steal-- Kane grabbed Triple H off of Goldberg by the hair.
And Kane with an incredulous look on his face.
And Triple H almost as if he's trying to apologize.
[Jerry] Kane almost fell for it.
I think Kane just now realized it.
What's Triple H trying to do, right?
[Ross] Triple H is trying to manipulate his way
for the World's Heavyweight Championship by playing mind games on Kane.
Right hand by Goldberg staggers Triple H,
was hit from behind, comes Kane with another clubbing blow.
[Jerry] Here we go!
[Ross] Ooh! Triple H's head,
bouncing off the Spanish announce table,
leaving Kane and Goldberg in the ring.
And Goldberg is dancing, good clubbing,
and those are those right hands.
[Jerry] Well, now is the time if Goldberg is gonna do anything in this match.
He needs to capitalize right now.
[Ross] Kane got-- oh.
Kane advertising, Goldberg gets hung up on the rope.
This is a bowling shoe ugly match.
There's nothing but hard smash-mouth beating.
-And Kane looking to end it right here. -[Jerry] This is it.
[Ross] Kane looking for that one big move.
And we know what it is. It's a Chokeslam.
[Jerry] I knew we weren't gonna see a lot of textbook wrestling in this match,
-not with these freaks in the-- -[Ross] Right.
-Absolutely-- And a chair. -[Jerry] Oh, a chair, a chair!
[crowd gasps]
[Ross] Kane got-- I don't know if that was intentional to Kane
or Triple H was aiming for Goldberg.
But we see the results.
Kane got his skull cracked with that steel chair.
[Jerry] But you can't be disqualified.
[Ross] Exactly. You can only win by pinfall or submission,
and that's what Goldberg is looking to do here.
[Jerry] Now what's Goldberg gonna do?
[Ross] And Goldberg with a steel chair is damn sure dangerous.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
-Oh, no, wait a minute. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Goldberg thinking about the cracked ankle.
The bounty that Triple H put on Goldberg.
[Jerry] Goldberg has been wanting to do this ever since.
[Ross] The hundred thousand dollar bounty, remember that?
[Jerry] Yes.
[Ross] Goldberg looking to sever Triple H's ankle.
Just like Goldberg's was done.
[Jerry] And Kane back in.
[Ross] With an upper cut coming to dance tonight.
[Jerry] And that uppercut coming into play.
[Ross] And Goldberg gets tossed on the outside.
And remember, Goldberg doesn't need to be involved in a decision
to lose the World Heavyweight title.
[Jerry] Oh, there's no disqualification or any count-out in this match, J.R.
[Ross] As sudden death as sudden death can get.
I can't believe that Kane is back on his feet after that.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich,
you better get the hell out of there.
[Jerry] Those are, like, $3,000 monitors, right?
[Ross] Oh, they were.
Goldberg is-- he's out of it. Triple H is watching the proceedings,
after being…
This is bad.
And wait a minute,
Kane's gonna chokeslam--
Goldberg might chokeslam Kane on the table.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Goldberg about to Jackhammer Kane,
but got hit in the ribs with the steel chair by Triple H.
And now Kane-- and now Kane with a Chokeslam
and the table didn't budge and neither did the concrete floor.
That leaves you only one point left, and that's the man's anatomy.
The back of Goldberg taking all the punishment.
And the table that didn't break,
and the concrete that didn't break.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] I think Goldberg's back hip, right J.R.,
getting contorted.
Oh, look out…
[Ross] And now Kane picking Goldberg up on the outside.
Remember, you can't get counted out or disqualified here.
[Jerry] Now what?
[Ross] What is he doing?
Triple H is on the security wall.
And Goldberg's home. They shattered the table,
and they shattered the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[Jerry] Oh, wait.
[Ross] Triple H with a steel chair.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Look at Kane.
What is he gonna do with that chair?
Was that an accident or not?
What are you gonna do with that?
[Jerry] Oh, boy. He did say, "What are you gonna do with that?"
[crowd chattering, laughing]
[Ross] Triple H gotta talk his way out of this.
This situation, he had to drop it.
[Jerry] He dropped the chair.
[Ross] He dropped the chair to show him…
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] He's barking into Kane right now.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] He's like, "Let's make a deal, Triple H."
[Ross] He's trying to negotiate, come to an agreement.
The shot to Kane's head was an accident.
-And-- -[Jerry] Oh, look out! Look at this!
[Ross] Triple H from behind.
The ever opportunistic Triple H
sending Kane into the steel steps.
[Jerry] You said that right.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Pretty much gave him a backbreaker, that back break from the outside.
And now, Kane, he is angry.
[referee] Kane, get in the ring.
[Jerry] Is it sinking in, Kane? Do you realize now?
It's every man for himself.
-It's on me, huh? -[Jack] Come on, get in here.
-[crowd chattering] -[Ross speaking indistinctly]
Triple H wants no part.
Face to face right now anyway of Kane.
It's down to Kane--
Triple H can't hope to see Goldberg back or not
after that shot to the outside.
Triple H getting manhandled.
He's got Kane… Vicious right hands by Kane.
Those big bombs laid. A shot, the clothesline.
Triple H got nowhere to go here.
[Jerry] This is looking like--
This is looking like what we talked about earlier may happen.
[Ross] Sidewalk slam.
[Jerry] Somebody wins this thing or Goldberg loses it
without even being in the equation.
[Ross] Kane trying this earlier tonight, going up to the top.
Great crowd here tonight in Orlando, as Kane goes up to the top,
Triple H is the target.
He is the object.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] And is bent on the impact.
That's gotta be like being in a car crash.
And now-- Kane now looking to put Triple H away with that clothesline.
He is one move away, is Kane,
from becoming the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[Jerry] I'd stay down if I were you, Triple H.
Don't turn around. Don't turn around!
[Ross] Triple H-- uh-oh, and a thumb to the eye.
He buried that thumb into the eye of Kane, in his good eye.
And the DDT.
The DDT by Triple H.
[Jerry] Right, J.R., it's why they called Triple H "The Cerebral Assassin",
that well-placed thumb to the-- as you said, the one good eye of Kane.
[Ross] Triple H can go for the cover here, King.
The monster sat up. The monster sat up.
Kane is up.
Triple H reaching and finding that big Neckbreaker.
And now Triple H is not going for the cover here.
Maybe he senses Kane is…
[Jerry] Oh, no, not again.
[Ross] Kane again standing up.
[Jerry] What's it gonna take?
The only thing--
[Ross] Big right hand, and Kane standing and now smiling.
[speaking indistinctly]
Right hand, again, a thunderous right hand from downtown,
clothesline over the top.
Triple H is in trouble here.
[Jerry] Triple H is in big trouble.
Where is Goldberg?
[Ross] Goldberg's right there, snoring into that table
that both Kane and-- Where are they going?
-They can't be counted out. -[Jerry] Wow, what a shot.
[Ross] But the other thing, I don't--
I don't think the rules call for falls to count anyway.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] I think you're right, I think--
-[Ross] Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Look out.
[overlapping chatter]
[Ross] Triple H-- oh, my God!
Here it comes!
Oh! Triple H, Chokeslammed into the steel.
[Jack] Come on. You can't pin him here.
[Ross] A Chokeslam on the steel from Kane to The Game.
[Jerry] And the referee is trying to explain to Kane,
you have to pin your opponent in the ring.
-Oh, my God. -[Ross] Listen to this.
-Listen to this. -[thuds]
[Ross] A human being smashing the steel,
and Kane is dragging his-- dragging his--
[Jerry speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] …back to the ring to finish off what he started.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Oh, man. This is-- this is not legal.
[Ross] His back may be cracked.
And look at Kane carrying The Game, about 260, to the ring.
And now, the Monster.
[Jerry] There's Goldberg, there's Goldberg.
[Ross] And Goldberg trying to get back in the ring and-- spear!
The spear!
Goldberg stuck his head to the sternum of Kane of that spear.
[Jerry] And look at the ref, he just tossed his hands up, "Now what?"
[Ross] Not a damn thing you'll be able to do with carnage.
Look at the carnage. The Game is down, Kane is down,
Goldberg is down, and the World's Heavyweight Championship is up for grabs.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. If Goldberg can just-- he could just--
-Oh, he's going to press Kane. -[Ross] The cover! The cover!
And Kane-- and Triple H stopped the count or this match would have been over.
Goldberg covering Kane,
Triple H saw it out of the corner of his eye and stopped the count.
Three men with everything in their--
in their-- within their power to become the World's Heavyweight Championship,
and we're seeing it here.
[Jerry] These guys have literally been beating
the hell out of each other
for a long time now.
It's amazing.
[Ross] It's like a demolition derby with human bodies, not cars.
[Jerry] It's amazing that there's any--
even an ounce of strength left in any of these guys, but look at Goldberg.
[Ross] Goldberg is-- and he's on Dream Street,
that spear may have rung his bell.
He took a lot of punishment here as Goldberg,
as hellacious as he is, is somehow standing.
And keeps giving his right hand with everything he's got.
He gave it to The Game there.
And Kane now… his hand there.
And Goldberg comes back with a right of his own that rocks Kane.
The Game is back up.
[Jerry] These guys are throwing bombs, J.R., they're all landing.
Something's gotta give here.
[speaking indistinctly] They can't take this much longer.
Something's gotta give in this match.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Goldberg, he's got momentum going. He's got momentum.
[Ross] Goldberg's getting a rush of adrenaline here,
a second wind, if you will.
And Goldberg, nothing fancy, just right hands.
And another poke to the eye by Triple H.
[Jerry] I don't see how any of these three men are standing.
But somehow all three of them still on their feet.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Goldberg got The Game and Kane with a double clothesline.
Man, that is raw power and emotion,
the will to win here by Goldberg
who has dodged every bullet that has been shot at him here in the WWE.
[Jerry] He's been double-teamed all night by Triple H and this monster, Kane,
-but he's-- -[Ross] And a spear on Kane!
A sudden spear on Kane!
Kane taken down by Goldberg.
[Jerry] I don't think even Kane can sit up from that.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Spear, spear!
-[Ross] The Game-- -[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] There's Evolution.
[speaking indistinctly]
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Naitch is actually in the ring.
[Ross] Goldberg again taking down The Game.
Into the cover. This could be over. This could--
Hard clubbing, sickening blow
to the back of Goldberg's head.
[Jerry] Now, look at this carnage, J.R.
There's bodies all over the ring and around the ring.
[Ross] Oh, we gotta get some-- we gotta get some security out here,
get Flair and Orton the hell out of here.
Goldberg took Kane for a ride.
The Game is down.
And now Goldberg about to Chokeslam Kane, but--
Trying to choke him out.
[Jerry] Goldberg can't do this, I don't think.
[Ross] Goldberg trying to choke Kane out.
The leverage advantage here…
And the struggle put on by Kane.
Who's gonna blink?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Who's gonna win here?
Goldberg and Kane just choking each other.
Kane almost to one knee.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] That could be the death blow
And now going for Goldberg.
Kane with the Chokeslam.
The Chokeslam by Kane!
-[crowd chattering] -[Ross] Batista--
Triple H just--
-[bell rings] -[Jerry] What?
-["The Game" playing] -♪ It's all about the game ♪
[Lilián] Here is your winner, and the new World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H!
-[Ross] Triple H is the champion… -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] …and Kane can't believe it.
Batista. He's screaming, poor Kane.
After the long road block by Triple H.
[Jerry] Well, all of Evolution played into this one, J.R., Randy Orton,
Naitch, and then Batista.
But look what the results are.
[Ross] Well, it was a total team effort by Evolution.
Kane can't believe it.
Kane almost had it,
prevented of becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
-[screams] -[Ross] But Triple H and Batista
had dreams.
[Ross] And Goldberg, what is his fate?
Will Goldberg ever be the same?
[Jerry] Unbelievable.
I mean, we saw Kane actually put the finishing touches on Goldberg.
[Ross] What a night for Evolution.
Triple H has regained the World Heavyweight Championship.
Good night, everybody. he World Heavyweight Championship.